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SupDock · 01-25-2021, 01:16 PM

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Sorry if q,

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Just before halftime of Sunday’s AFC Championship Game, Bills quarterback Josh Allen took the snap, rolled to his right, and threw the ball away an instant before stepping out of bounds at the 9-yard line. The officials mistakenly ruled him out of bounds. And then the NFL officiating department made a much bigger mistake.

The replay assistant buzzed down to the on-field referee, who then consulted with NFL head of officiating Al Riveron. They looked at the review and found that Allen had thrown the ball away before he stepped out of bounds. So they changed the call to an incomplete pass.

Big problem: That’s not a reviewable play. When a player in possession of the ball is ruled out of bounds, that’s the end of the play. Nothing that happens after that can be reviewed, even if there’s clear and obvious video evidence that the player didn’t actually step out of bounds.

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Sounds like grounds for being fired if this is correct

I always assumed this was reviewable. An example would be a player fumbling the ball before stepping out of bounds, but ruled that they were out of bounds before fumbling. I thought a play like that could be reversed if there was clear recovery.

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Another edit. Apparently NFL's list of cases reviews this specific situation

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The NFL's replay case book lists this specific example, when a quarterback is ruled to have stepped out of bounds before releasing the ball.

"On this type of play," the conclusion reads, "when a player is ruled out of bounds, replay cannot make it a pass (forward or backwards)."

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in the end it doesn't matter, but the fact that something was reviewed when it can't be reviewed is a big deal

01-25-2021, 01:16 PM	#3562
SupDock MVP SupDock's Avatar Join Date: Oct 2017	https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl-reviewe...171349172.html Sorry if q, *********** Just before halftime of Sunday’s AFC Championship Game, Bills quarterback Josh Allen took the snap, rolled to his right, and threw the ball away an instant before stepping out of bounds at the 9-yard line. The officials mistakenly ruled him out of bounds. And then the NFL officiating department made a much bigger mistake. The replay assistant buzzed down to the on-field referee, who then consulted with NFL head of officiating Al Riveron. They looked at the review and found that Allen had thrown the ball away before he stepped out of bounds. So they changed the call to an incomplete pass. Big problem: That’s not a reviewable play. When a player in possession of the ball is ruled out of bounds, that’s the end of the play. Nothing that happens after that can be reviewed, even if there’s clear and obvious video evidence that the player didn’t actually step out of bounds. ***** Sounds like grounds for being fired if this is correct I always assumed this was reviewable. An example would be a player fumbling the ball before stepping out of bounds, but ruled that they were out of bounds before fumbling. I thought a play like that could be reversed if there was clear recovery. --------------- Another edit. Apparently NFL's list of cases reviews this specific situation ** The NFL's replay case book lists this specific example, when a quarterback is ruled to have stepped out of bounds before releasing the ball. "On this type of play," the conclusion reads, "when a player is ruled out of bounds, replay cannot make it a pass (forward or backwards)." ***** in the end it doesn't matter, but the fact that something was reviewed when it can't be reviewed is a big deal Last edited by SupDock; 01-25-2021 at 01:21 PM..
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