Yes, GB challenged DBC. The ref said it was a fumble. GB had the ball. I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.
2020 Divisional Weekend Game Thread: Nevermore
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You have Russell Wilson. So it's best to hand off 3 times to the guy who was at home 3 weeks ago.
I’m saying we might have been distracted from the allure of replay about how good we may have had it.
You know that feeling of anticipation when a ball is in the air in a basketball game and you are on the edge of your seat? Nothing like that in football anymore. Your guy catches a ball and that’s just the beginning of a ten second to four minute check list that must be gone through — sometimes with a commercial in between! — until you know if you can cheer.
Could not agree more.
Not to mention, I suppose the goal of replay is to eliminate blatantly bad calls and get us closer to some kind of "true" or "deserved" outcome of the game.
And then we go ahead and let referee judgment dictate all kinds of other calls that end up impacting the outcome (holding, etc.).
What are you asking here? On a called fumble, the officials on the field would have to make a ruling in favor of one team recovering the ball. That ruling could then be challenged.
By virtue of the fact that there was a scrum, it almost means, by definition, you don't have a clear recovery. Think about the Kelce fumble that Gilmore picked up in their game this year. They called it down by contact on the field, but overturned it on replay. The only reason it went to the Pats is because Gilmore is literally the only guy around the ball when he picked it up, which is a "clear recovery."
The reason this rule exists is because when a player is "down by contact" on the field, the whistle blows. Once the whistle blows, guys are trained to stop. So if there's a scrum, or two guys with a shot at the ball, the whistle may cause one of them to not go after the ball. That's why the only way you can overturn a down by contact/fumble ruling is if the defense makes a clear recovery, which more accurately translates to "it was obvious the defender recovered it, and nobody else had a chance..."
It's a slippery slope. The more you look, the more you find.
Best game in a long time was during a blizzard in Buffalo a couple years ago. Could barely make out the sidelines let alone argue ball spotting, so everyone was happy to just go along with what the refs called. It was sublime.
Or some convoluted thing makes it so they can’t replay because of all these things about what gets automatic review and what doesn’t.
Then they pass a rule making PI reviewable but then decide they don’t actually want to do it when the season starts. Mostly.
How long until we get some baseball to gamethread, bone? Feels like too long, doesn’t it?
This is a good post, and I think you’re right about the application of the clear recovery rule.
Usually, I can make it through a half with Aik and Buck, but I'll be damned if I'm gonna mute this and play some music over it.
It won't be long before we turn our animus toward MLB umpires, probably the first time CB Bucknor is behind the plate.
If there was no clear recovery, the refs should pick up the challenge flag. Because all that challenge did was cost GB a TO and an extra challenge, for being right with their challenge. It's so dumb.
This is exactly right.
The biggest problem with the replay system is that it puts the burden on the coaches. If the goal is to get calls right then have a booth replay ref deciding what needs to be reviewed. This game of deciding when to use a challenge, needing a TO, losing a TO, getting a third if you get two right--it's all such nonsense.
Hahah Wagner, I dragged him back 20 yards and dropped him down, but no! I didn't do anything!
The Packers are the rare NFL team I have literally no feeling towards. I don't have any real reason to root against them, but I also have no real reason to root for them.
This feels like more of a "normal" football game as opposed to the other craziness we've seen this weekend.
When Cletus‘ face gets cold, his mouth doesn’t work right when he announces penalties.
Happened in the AFCCG last year too.
Happened in the AFCCG last year too.