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Honestly, I'm surprised that the final play of the game is STILL being talked about.
The announcers last night were baffled, and the radio hosts this morning still are talking about the mysterious clock running to end the game.
They keep talking about how Butler clearly did NOT make contact with the receiver.
I would agree, but it was STILL the right call. A player is credited with going out of bounds if he goes out of bounds moving forward. You'll notice that Sammy Watkins was actually moving backwards when he went out of bounds. This has been enforced this way other times as well. I can give a pass to the tv announcers for not thinking of it right away, but I'm surprised it's still a story this morning.
Am I not understanding it correctly? I'm pretty sure that's the rule and it was enforced correctly. The refs were certainly egregious last night, but not on this play.
The announcers last night were baffled, and the radio hosts this morning still are talking about the mysterious clock running to end the game.
They keep talking about how Butler clearly did NOT make contact with the receiver.
I would agree, but it was STILL the right call. A player is credited with going out of bounds if he goes out of bounds moving forward. You'll notice that Sammy Watkins was actually moving backwards when he went out of bounds. This has been enforced this way other times as well. I can give a pass to the tv announcers for not thinking of it right away, but I'm surprised it's still a story this morning.
Am I not understanding it correctly? I'm pretty sure that's the rule and it was enforced correctly. The refs were certainly egregious last night, but not on this play.