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Cowboys Versus the Refs

NFL Week 18 - The Dallas Cowboys weren't happy with the officiating in their 25-22 loss to the Arizona Cardinals. And they were not shy when talking about it.

"We've got to keep battling with everybody, not just the other team, if you catch my drift," linebacker Leighton Vander Esch said after the game.

"We'll play against 11 and the others if we have to. I've become accustomed to it, honestly," added Dak Prescott.

"Playing against the refs again, like usual," added edge rusher Randy Gregory. "It seems like an every-week occurrence."

All of those quotes come from the Cowboys website, which is telling: official team sites tend to tamp down storylines that coaches or senior brass don't want fans to hear, so the players' complaints appear to have the Jerry Jones Seal of Approval (which is the ring left on a mahogany desk by a highball glass).