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Adrian Hill’s crew is absolutely atrocious. Daniel Jones gets tackled out of bounds twice, no call. Now have a ticky tack late hit on Falcons punt return.
Post by zebrablog on Sept 26, 2021 12:39:53 GMT -5
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FJ80 Greg Gautreax (swing official) to CHI-CLE (Torbert crew) SJ60 Gary Cavaletto (swing official) to SEA-MIN (Martin) DJ113 Danny Short to NYJ-DEN (Clark) FJ25 Ryan Dickson (off) SJ73 Joe Larrew (off) DJ68 Tom Stephan (off)
The Cardinals try a record-breaking field goal, only to have it turn into a 109-yard touchdown return by the Jaguars.
Shawn Smith's crew has a lot of officiate on this play.
First of all, Dyrol Prioleau and Dino Paganelli have to rule on the field goal and watch the receiver's feet to make sure the catch was in bounds.
When one runs 109 yards for a touchdown, there are a lot of blocks to judge. Then entire crew gets in to judging blocks, and keeping the play boxed in.
It was a great play and called well by Smith's crew.
Before the Detroit game winning and record field goal, it appears the Ravens get away with a delay of game. There is a fudge factor as the back judge shifts his gaze from play clock to snap, but this was over a second and we would expect a flag here.
Craig Wrolstad's crew avoids a disaster in LA. Late in the 1st half, Aaron Donald strip sacks Tom Brady, with the ball popping up into the hands of Gio Bernard who runs it to the Rams 35. Since it's inside 2 minutes, only the fumbling player (Brady) can advance it. The Bucs were ready to snap the ball at the spot of the advance before replay buzzed Wrolstad to get the spot right.
Craig Wrolstad's crew avoids a disaster in LA. Late in the 1st half, Aaron Donald strip sacks Tom Brady, with the ball popping up into the hands of Gio Bernard who runs it to the Rams 35. Since it's inside 2 minutes, only the fumbling player (Brady) can advance it. The Bucs were ready to snap the ball at the spot of the advance before replay buzzed Wrolstad to get the spot right.
The Rams get an "empty hands" fumble from Tom Brady with :25 left in the second quarter.
Giovani Bernard of the Buccaneers picks the ball up and runs 15-yards out of bounds stopping the clock. As Brady sets up the next play, the replay official buzzes in and rescues the crew.
NFL rules state that under two minutes in a half, only the fumbling player can recover and advance.
By rule Wrolstad should have sounded his whistle immediately after Bernard picked up the ball. Wrolstad and crew didn't call it, and the replay official had to rescue them.
While the entire crew is responsible for a rule misapplication, Wrolstad and umpire Steve Woods had the best look and should have blown the whistle. Had they done that, the clock would have kept running and the Buccaneers may have been forced to burn their final timeout to stop the clock.
So to recap: 1) the officials failed to call the special fumble rule, 2) they let the play run too long and stopped the clock when the runner went out of bounds and 3) stopping the clock prevented Tampa Bay from having to take their final time out.
At the two-minute warning, the officiating crew meets during the commercial break to recap the timeout situation and remind each other of special rules, including the special fumble rule.
This is a major rule and mechanics breakdown for this crew.
Last Edit: Sept 26, 2021 17:53:37 GMT -5 by FredFan7