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... even based on that his entire body was stretched forward, and assuming his body is 5 feet tall or more, it isn't clear at all it was a bad spot. Certainly not enough to overturn the call on the field in a drastic way.
Huh?
His knee is clearly down before the 35 yard line. When his knee hit the ground, his entire body wasn't stretched out; his torso was angled up. Even if his whole body was stretched out, it doesn't matter, because the ball wasn't. The ball was against his chest. The distance from my knee to my chest is roughly 2 and 1/2 feet, and I'm 6'3". Ray Rice is 5'8".
It was originally a bad spot because no official was (understandably) in a position to make it. But math says it was a terrible respot.