LMAO. NFL officials making it up as they go along.*
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Don't know why anyone would attempt to recover the ball as the official is blowing the play dead. I don't know why they didn't simply call it an inadvertent whistle.
This was to be expected if the rules were changed for more plays to be called good catches. When one of these "catches" happens outside of the endzone, it is a fumble.
FWIW, I don't understand how the lack of a recovery changes whether it was a catch or not. Leave it to the NFL to find another way to make these plays confusing.
FWIW, I don't understand how the lack of a recovery changes whether it was a catch or not. Leave it to the NFL to find another way to make these plays confusing.
Who gets the ball? Why would you assume the Bears would recover and award them possession. This isn’t basketball with a possession arrow. It was a catch, but the play couldn’t stand as possession wasn’t established.
But it wasn’t an inadvertent whistle. The ref called it a no catch and blew the play dead.
But nobody had possession after the fumble. Why would you give possession to the Bears?
I think it was the best they could do. It was a catch and clear fumble. Since the refs blew it dead and incomplete, no players would be expected to take it farther. So in the absence of a clear ability to play the fumble, they uphold the original call on the field.
Convoluted? Yes, but probably the fairest outcome, as the Bears still got 3 points out of the drive. The Eagles would have certainly recovered the fumble.
Convoluted? Yes, but probably the fairest outcome, as the Bears still got 3 points out of the drive. The Eagles would have certainly recovered the fumble.
Because the ref screwed it up with the incomplete call and then compounded the mistake by blowing a fumble dead. So they revert to the original blown call on the field. The announcers just explained the vague language in the replay rule book.
I’m not doing this with you. You can’t call it a complete pass due to the fumble and the fact that nobody established possession. Fine it’s a catch, but who get the ball and where is it spotted? If you can’t answer that don’t respond.
Yes it was just well explained and this situation was a perfect example on how the rule was applied. Who knew?
You’re not, you’re simply allowing the original play to “stand”, since there isn’t the action needed to overturn it.
Same rule as a fumble out of bounds, last team that had possession.
I really don't give a shit one way or the other. But, unless my eyes deceive me the receiver caught the ball. The whistle came after the catch was completed. Why was this treated any different that a forward progress call?
Not at all. The ref blew the play dead. It’s not like the players tried to recover it but were unable
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You’re wrong dude, sorry. Did the ball go out of bounds? That is a completely different rule that doesn’t apply to this situation.
This is the same situation as when a ball is fumbled out of bounds. If the defense does not recover the ball, it stays with the offense. There was a ruling that there was a catch. The ball should advance on the field.
The eagles would clearly have recovered if the ref didn’t blow the whistle. Completely different scenario than a fumble out of bounds
If this happened for the eagles or penn state, all of you would be yelling it was a catch and should be ruled down where the fumble was.
Just like that 2pt conversion that was not even close to being over the goal line, but if that was eagles/psu defense it would no question to you guys that it was a stop.
77 on the Eagles should have been flagged for delay of game when the bears went to spike it on the second down too. He was intentionally interfering with the Bears qb getting to the line. Guarantee you guys would be crying if it was reversed.
Just like that 2pt conversion that was not even close to being over the goal line, but if that was eagles/psu defense it would no question to you guys that it was a stop.
77 on the Eagles should have been flagged for delay of game when the bears went to spike it on the second down too. He was intentionally interfering with the Bears qb getting to the line. Guarantee you guys would be crying if it was reversed.
The play stops when the whistle is blown, even if the whistle was blown incorrectly. There was a catch, a fumble, a whistle and there was no change of possession. Offense keeps the ball wherever the ball was when the whistle blew.
The NFL still hasn't fixed these rules.
I don't understand why you people are arguing about this. If there's one thing that we ALL know, it's that the NFL has WAY too many rules that convolute everything. If this is a known, and you're still all arguing about this, then this is the equivalent to going outside in the summer without a shirt on and no sunblock then complaining that it's hot and you got burned. it is what it is, and none of you can do anything about it. moooooooove on.
You are incorrect.... the play was ruled correctly by the officials
I’m not doing this with you? That’s a stupid, pompous response if ever I heard one. Which team had the last established possession would a reasonable place to start, dipshit.
For the sake of fairness you cant compound one mistake and grant by way of assuming that the bears recover. I hate the eagles but that would be an eiffle tower double screw job.
