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NOT a safety
He was hit in the field of play and pushed into the EZ
NOT a safety
(Of course, there's still the open question of why the hell Rex wanted to challenge that play given that even if it were allowed and he won, it'd be 4th-and-9.)
I think you give Rex too much credit LOLThe punter wouldn't have to be as far back and could have potentially pinned the Pats back further in their own zone.
if it's a non-challengeable play (but not an automatically reviewed play), the challenge flag is just picked up. if the coach challenges an automatically reviewed play, they lose a timeout, or if the team is out of timeouts, they get a 15-yard penalty.If I remember correctly, the unsportsmanlike penalty is supposed to be called when the coach challenges a play that would already have been reviewed to begin with. Like challenging a TD or turnover
“We erroneously allowed a challenge,” Blandino said. “We don’t change the call on the field, thankfully, but we charge Jacksonville with a timeout, which we should not have. The referee should tell the coach, ‘This is not reviewable,’ allow him to pick up the flag, and don’t charge him a timeout. This is different from when he challenges during a time period when he can’t, after a scoring play or inside two minutes. That’s an automatic timeout or a 15-yard penalty if they’re out of timeouts. Here, because he’s confused about a rule, we allow him to pick up a challenge, and we don’t charge him a timeout. . . We should not have allowed that challenge.”
For a few minutes, the grin was wiped off the Giants faces, however, and they suffered flashbacks of the two late collapses. Before holding on for the victory, they allowed two late scores, although it appeared Redskins running back Chris Thompson was down before reaching the end zone.
Coughlin threw the challenge flag, even though scoring plays are automatically reviewed. The Giants were docked their final timeout as a penalty for the illegal challenge. It was the last of a string of calls that Coughlin believes went against the Giants.