The league required a separate piece of fallen metal on the catwalk to be dealt with before the Texans-Cowboys could proceed

The large piece of metal debris that fell from the roof of AT&T Stadium and landed on the field was just the beginning, as it turns out.

Via Lisa Salters of ESPN, another piece of metal feeling, landing on a catwalk. The NFL would not allow the Texans-Cowboys game to be played without the loose metal being prevented from falling during the game. The NFL said the metal should be moved, removed or secured.

The debris was manually bolted to a beam to ensure it would not fall during play.

Everything about the situation is bizarre and it speaks to serious technical problems at the venue. Someone could have been seriously injured or worse. And the metal would never have come free without some serious design or operational error.

Technical problems are not new to Jerry Jones. In 2009, a storm caused the team’s indoor training facility to collapse – with people inside. Less than two years later, large chunks of ice gushed from the exterior roof onto the ground below, injuring six people. It happened two days before the area would have been swarming with people attending the Super Bowl.

It’s a good thing nothing bad happened tonight. But it raises this question. What else is wrong with the place that they don’t know about?