triadachef.blogg.se

It would be very tough to make that judgement in real time, but very easy to do it (IMO) on replay.įumble. Similarly, you don't want officials to blow the play dead on a play like this, because if it was just Holmes being an idiot and chucking the ball on the ground, then he should be punished for it. I can't really imagine a situation where a player would abuse it, because I can't really imagine a player intentionally putting the ball on the ground if he wasn't injured, then realising what he'd done and claiming an injury. There should be a rule that on replay, if the ref judges that the player fumbled simply because he was injured, not due to any actual skill of the defence, it should be overturned. He just put it down because he was injured. I think its obvious it wasn't a "fumble", in that he didn't accidentally drop the ball. We've had it twice in the last two weeks where a player has got injured, put the ball on the ground under no pressure, and its subsequently been returned for a touchdown. It seems to me that its the sort of thing that should be overturnable on replay, but I don't think currently is. While Minnesota quashed Detroit's final play, this simple but incorrect decision could have spelled the difference between a win and a loss in a close game at the buzzer, especially if the line of scrimmage was in Minnesota territory. It is possible the offense could have set up a hail mary six yards downfield, but it is also possible that time would have expired prior to the snap.

Matt Stafford ended up being sacked on an abortive hail mary attempt to end the game, but the enforcement was critical in this situation, as Detroit had used all of their times out prior to that play. By spotting the ball at the 44-yard line and killing the clock, the official gave the Lions the benefit of forward progress (the favorable spot) without the drawback (a running clock after a dead ball in-bounds) and vice-versa for the out-of-bounds spot. Subsequent force by Cook knocked him backward and out of bounds. Pettigrew's forward progress ended at the Detroit 44-yard line. Immediately thereafter, Leslie Frazier is seen running up and down the sidelines giving a "run the clock" signal and shouting at the officials.įrazier was correct.

The wing official moves up to the spot where progress ended, and kills the clock. Brandon Pettigrew catches the ball and runs forward for a yard before being hit by Chris Cook backward by a yard and out of bounds. Ultimately this play didn't affect the end of the game, but it highlights an important concept for spotting and clock management. M.Stafford pass short right to B.Pettigrew pushed ob at DET 44 for 6 yards. MIN 20 at DET 13, Lions' third-and-12 from DET 37, :09 fourth quarter Why is Leslie Frazier waving his arms like a madman? Hey, kids, it's the first of our new officiating-centric Extra Points commentaries!