NFL fans were left puzzled during the Dallas Cowboys’ Christmas Eve match against the Miami Dolphins after a controversial call on a star defender.

Dolphins pass-rusher Christian Wilkins was called for a roughing the passer penalty on Cowboys signal-caller Dak Prescott, leaving fans to declare it was “the worst roughing the QB call of all time.”

3NFL fans flooded social media with reactions to the roughing-the-passer callCredit: X/jasrifootball

3Defensive back Wilkins of the Dolphins was given the penalty.Thanks to X/jasrifootballAt the time of the play, Dallas was ahead 7–3 in the second quarter.It was third down and long for the Cowboys, who had the ball close to the other team’s end zone.Prescott tried to throw a pass over the middle of the field, but it didn’t go through. But when the Cowboys’ quarterback dropped the ball, Wilkins Һit hard.Wilkins was given a penalty even though he tried not to Һit Prescott because it looked like Prescott pulled the Dolphins defensive tackles into him as they fell.A lot of NFL fans went on X, which used to be called Twitter, and criticized the “garbage call.” A fan said: “That roughing the passer penalty on Wilkins is the worst call in the history of the world!””What a terrible roughing call,” said someone else. Wilkins did everything he could to avoid hitting Dak.”Dak pulled Wilkins’ helmet and made him land on top of him,” said a third person who couldn’t believe it. What a terrible roughing the passer call! “Get your A together!”A fourth: “You can see Christian Wilkins doing everything he can not to put all of his weight on Dak…” “A brutal, brutal call”And a fifth said, “Wilkins does what the law says he has to do and takes his hands off of the follow-through. The flag is still out.” “Huge mistake in a key area.”There was a penalty, but the Dolphins were able to handle it and force the Cowboys to punt. They went into halftime ahead 13–7.