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Post by FredFan7 on Dec 17, 2023 15:44:01 GMT -5
Giants quarterback Tommy DeVito scrambles and is hit as he slides by Saints cornerback Isaac Yiadom. A flag comes out at the conclusion of the play.
Carl Cheffers' crew got together to discuss the hit. It is not a late hit, because Yiadom is lined up and engaged to tackle DeVito before DeVito starts his slide If a runner makes a late decision to slide, they may be hit except in the head or neck area.
The crew picked up the flag in the discussion, which was correctly done, since there was no contact to the head. DeVito's head hit the ground hard, which triggered a "medical timeout" to go into concussion protocol. By rule, the medical timeouts that are triggered by the ATC spotter are not charged to the team, so the Giants are not charged an "injury timeout" that would have ordinarily been called. This is a concession to allow the ATC spotters to make a decision without complicating it with a game factor.
Because the flag was picked up and there was a medical timeout, both the game clock and play clock resume when DeVito is off the field and his substitute has entered.
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Post by FredFan7 on Dec 17, 2023 15:45:09 GMT -5
The Browns David Njoku scores a touchdown with a toe dragging catch at the back of the end zone.
But replay should have taken a look at the catch and overturned it.
While Njoku's toe came down inbounds, his heel stepped out of bounds. NFL catch rules are complicated, but it's the full step that counts and on the full step, the heel lands out of bounds. The only way to ignore the heel is if the toe touches down, goes back up and then comes back down. It goes against bodily instincts, but if Njoku had kept his heel up and dragged his toe, it would have been a good catch.
All scores are automatically reviewed. The instant replay official didn't order a formal stop and review. It should have been a least a formal stop for a closer look, and it should have been overturned to incomplete.
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Post by FredFan7 on Dec 17, 2023 15:46:26 GMT -5
Note the mechanics by referee Brad Allen and umpire Duane Heydt on this play.
Montez Sweat wraps up the Browns Joe Flacco at the 14-yard line and drives he back to the 11-yard line where he is downed. Flacco gets forward progress to the 14.
Allen stays with the Flacco and Sweat at the 11 to make sure all players follow the rules, while Heydt goes to the forward progress spot at the 14.
Young officials usually make the mistake of not giving the quarterback forward progress on a sack. Note how Heydt and Allen did things right on this play.
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Post by FredFan7 on Dec 17, 2023 17:04:13 GMT -5
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Post by FredFan7 on Dec 17, 2023 18:41:38 GMT -5
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Post by FredFan7 on Dec 17, 2023 20:43:57 GMT -5
Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott attempts to get as much yardage as possible before surrendering to a slide. As we have covered, this means that defenders are engaged in a tackle before the slide, there is no late hit unless the runner is hit in the head or neck area forcibly. (Note, this applies to all runners, not just quarterbacks.)
Bills safety Taylor Rapp goes over the top, which is a technique that the league has told defenders they want to see. In the process, though, Rapp makes inadvertent but forcible contact to Prescott's helmet, which is a foul. The Cowboys linemen take umbrage, however this was nearly a clean hit. Cowboys guard Zack Martin picks up a roughness call for racing in and making contact with Rapp after the play.
Both fouls are dead-ball fouls, so they offset at the end of the run.
Once again Dak Prescott makes a late slide decision, and once again there is forcible contact to the helmet. Linebacker Tyrel Dodson makes contact that was more deliberate in nature, and was a borderline ejectable offense.
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Post by FredFan7 on Dec 17, 2023 20:45:18 GMT -5
On a third down completion to Dolphins receiver Jaylen Waddle, Jets safety Tony Adams was flagged for unnecessary roughness, for a late hit. Line judge Kevin Codey was covering on the play and threw the flag (which went so high in the air, cornerback Sauce Gardner looked up to track it as it came back to the ground).
Waddle was wrapped up by safety Jordan Whitehead at the time he was hit by Adams. Waddle's forward progress was stopped at the time and since he was already in the grasp of a tackler, he becomes a defenseless player and gains the appropriately due protections. Whistles were being blown already indicating that Waddle's forward progress was stopped, and Adams made the forcible contact after the whistles were blown.
Even if whistles hadn't blown, Waddle is still afforded defenseless player protection, and this hit would still rise to the level of a foul. The whistle blown by Codey just makes it a stronger case for an unnecessary roughness foul.
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Post by FredFan7 on Dec 17, 2023 20:47:43 GMT -5
49ers punt returner Ronnie Bell was ruled to have fumbled the ball on a late first half punt return when it appeared he wasn't contacted going to the ground. His arm hit the ground causing the ball to come loose where a Cardinals defender picked it up and scored. In review, it was shown that Bell was contacted in a literal sense before going to the ground and therefore the play was reversed to "down by contact." Bell was tagged by the hand of the defender just before he went to the ground. streamable.com/rb45xa
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Post by FredFan7 on Dec 17, 2023 20:49:10 GMT -5
Cooper Kupp legally bats a Commanders onside kick out of bounds by making sure it goes backward. If the ball is batted forward toward the opponent's goal, it is a foul, and would require a rekick. Kudos to James Lofton being all over the correct application of the rule.
After batting it out of bounds, Kupp knocked one of the sideline phones off the hook.
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Post by FredFan7 on Dec 18, 2023 14:53:51 GMT -5
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