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I think this extends well beyond just whether it is reviewable or not, and should focus directly on whether the referee understood the entire rule as Pereira explained it.
If the referee knew the entire ball had to be inside the edge of the upright and saw that, even if he was wrong, I could accept it.
But I have zero confidence the referee knew what the rule was. He probably saw part of it go inside and assumed that was good enough.
Throughout the last few weeks, the refs have shown they are not aware of many rules. I'm not saying I know every rule (as those in the chatroom last night with me can point out! ), but the fact that on that call, they didn't get together to discuss, and just ran the hell out of there as fast as they could makes me really upset.
If it's based on a good or bad judgment call, that's life.
If it's based on complete ignorance of the actual rule, that's a massive hit to the credibility of the NFL.
A few more weeks of this and we'll have to asterisk the entire season...
If the referee knew the entire ball had to be inside the edge of the upright and saw that, even if he was wrong, I could accept it.
But I have zero confidence the referee knew what the rule was. He probably saw part of it go inside and assumed that was good enough.
Throughout the last few weeks, the refs have shown they are not aware of many rules. I'm not saying I know every rule (as those in the chatroom last night with me can point out! ), but the fact that on that call, they didn't get together to discuss, and just ran the hell out of there as fast as they could makes me really upset.
If it's based on a good or bad judgment call, that's life.
If it's based on complete ignorance of the actual rule, that's a massive hit to the credibility of the NFL.
A few more weeks of this and we'll have to asterisk the entire season...