LMAO. NFL officials making it up as they go along.*

[marshall23]

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 kk.

I just didn't know the rules permitted "do overs."

 

[LoyalandTrueLion]

I just didn't know the rules permitted "do overs."

Not that this applies to the NFL. I didn't know that NFL case book situation existed. But in most books there is a clause for the "referee" in bball or "white hat" football to uphold the integrity. I fully believe they got that right after the screw up... and if it happened in PSU OSU I would want the same outcome. Though if it was an OSU receiver OSU would get the ball where it came to rest probably.

Let take it one step further what happens if that would have been fumbled through the endzone assuming someone pissed off strikes the ball. Jesus imagine that cluster

 

[Obliviax]

This is a problem with replay. Should the refs swallow their whistles unless 100% certain of the play? That rule on if it was or was not a catch is arbitrary and rough. I guess the refs just should not have blown. Once ruled incomplete, no choice but to blow it dead. This happened in the Browns Ravens game when the Browns DID grab the ball and go the other way for a sure TD. But the refs blew it dead as no fumble. Upon replay, it was a clear fumble and the Refs gave the Browns the ball at their own 1 yard line with no TD. In the case, nobody went after the ball so no possession established. I guess refs just should not blow the whistle anymore.

 

[diontechristmas]

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.

No it’s not the same situation at all. As later explained there is a rule on the books for this situation and the rule was applied correctly.

 

[diontechristmas]

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.

Screw off douche. Marshall wouldn’t answer a simple question knowing he was wrong.

Last established possession? What the hell is that? Are we going to the table to check the possession arrow. That doesn’t matter in football bro. The ball was on the ground so once ruled a catch the Bears did not have possession of the ball. You cannot let a play stand in which the offensive team did not conclude the play with possession of the ball as defined by the rules of the game.

 

[sluggo72]

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.c...fumble-was-correct-poorly-explained-on-field/

 

[BobPSU92]

Screw off douche. Marshall wouldn’t answer a simple question knowing he was wrong.

Last established possession? What the hell is that? Are we going to the table to check the possession arrow. That doesn’t matter in football bro. The ball was on the ground so once ruled a catch the Bears did not have possession of the ball. You cannot let a play stand in which the offensive team did not conclude the play with possession of the ball as defined by the rules of the game.

You sure are getting angry over a discussion of football rules.

I'm not doing this with you?

Douche?

Bro?

 

[diontechristmas]

You sure are getting angry over a discussion of football rules.

I'm not doing this with you?

Douche?

Bro?

Thanks for your input as always. Is your emoji button broken tonight? I always enjoy your dozens of posts containing only an emoji.

 

[Lion Lineage]

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.

When the ball is fumbled out of bounds no one can recover the ball because by rule the play is over. In this instance the official ended the play prematurely and the players didn’t have an opportunity to recover a ball that was live and in the field of play. At the moment it is fumbled in bounds no one possesses the ball until either the fumble is recovered or until the ball goes out of bounds, but neither happened in this instance so the ball essentially remained “unpossessed” when the whistle was blown. If an Eagle player had picked up the ball after the play had been blown dead, would the Eagles have been given possession? If not then the ball, IMO, cannot go to Bears at the point of the fumble either.

On the other hand, had it been a running play that was inadvertently blown dead the ball would have stayed with the Bears and forward progress would have been rewarded. Does a pass somehow make the ruling different?

I think the solution is for officials to lay off the whistle and err on the side of caution and assume there was a fumble unless they can see clearly that was not the case. Replay can sort it out then - that’s what it’s for.