Has anyone ever seen the NFL office overturn a ball that's been properly spotted by the refs?

[upstater1]

Is this the first time that has ever happened?

I don't remember an instance when the refs spotted the ball exactly correctly (by replay, which they showed 5+ times, the announcers all saying the refs were spot on) and the NFL office called down and moved the ball one yard ahead.

NEVER BEFORE.

It was absurd.

It was weird.

It was fishy.

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

Ended up inconsequential but still a travesty.

 

[XLIX]

It was a very strange series of events which never got fully explained.

I pride myself on being able to analyze Patriots games objectively and I can say without bias that he sure as hell looked short to me, it sure as hell looked like the refs spotted him short, and then next thing you know it’s first and ten with the NBC announcers fumbling through some completely non-sensical explanation that they themselves didn’t understand.

 

[maust]

It was absurd.

It was weird.

It was fishy.

It was also exactly what this Pats fan has come to expect out of 345 Park Ave

 

[maust]

...with the NBC announcers fumbling through some completely non-sensical explanation that they themselves didn’t understand.

That at least seemed perfectly normal

 

[upstater1]

That at least seemed perfectly normal

I thought the announcers were clear that the refs spotted the ball right. The whole sequence was odd because NBC showed the replay 5x and normally, we're lucky to even see it once.

 

[maust]

I thought the announcers were clear that the refs spotted the ball right. The whole sequence was odd because NBC showed the replay 5x and normally, we're lucky to even see it once.

Yeah, where were all of the reaction and face shots they usually specialize in? The unit director must have been in the bathroom and accidentally left a football guy in charge

 

[PatsFan2]

Is this the first time that has ever happened?

I don't remember an instance when the refs spotted the ball exactly correctly (by replay, which they showed 5+ times, the announcers all saying the refs were spot on) and the NFL office called down and moved the ball one yard ahead.

NEVER BEFORE.

It was absurd.

It was weird.

It was fishy.

Disgusting play: the BJ came in short and First down was still given. There were some terrible make up calls for both Teams: Milt's helmet hit on Herbert should have been called.

 

[Hugepatsfan]

Looked very odd to me. I remember the last replay they showed kind of looked like he momentarily had momentum further than the original spot but they didn't show anymore for me to really assess.

 

[upstater1]

Disgusting play the BJ came in short and First down was still given. There were some terrible make up calls for both Teams: Milt's helmet hit on Herbert should have been called.

The helmet hit play should have never even happened.

 

[gobesmug]

Is this the first time that has ever happened?

I don't remember an instance when the refs spotted the ball exactly correctly (by replay, which they showed 5+ times, the announcers all saying the refs were spot on) and the NFL office called down and moved the ball one yard ahead.

NEVER BEFORE.

It was absurd.

It was weird.

It was fishy.

 

[maust]

Disgusting play: the BJ came in short

Always disgusting when that happens

 

[PatsFan2]

Always disgusting when that happens

Snide devil I see what you did there.

 

[KCSVEN]

It averaged out on the helmet non-call though 4th and half a yard maybe they go for it and get it.
He was 100% short by at least half a yard. The Patriots that pushed him back last is half a yard from the first down and he never gets past that Patriot.
I doubt Chargers would have scored with the 15-yard helmet hit the way the defense was dominating but it averaged out on the bad spot overturn.

 

[maust]

Snide devil I see what you did there.

Obviously I've been left unsupervised again

 

[upstater1]

It averaged out on the helmet non-call though 4th and half a yard maybe they go for it and get it.
He was 100% short by at least half a yard. The Patriots that pushed him back last is half a yard from the first down and he never gets past that Patriot.
I doubt Chargers would have scored with the 15-yard helmet hit the way the defense was dominating but it averaged out on the bad spot overturn.

Don't think they go for it. They were at their own 20 something.

I'm much less concerned that this was a bad call or even meaningful in any way.

I'm only highlighting it because it seemed highly irregular and like something I'd never seen before. And it came from the NFL offices.

 

[reflexblue]

Disgusting play: the BJ came in short and First down was still given. There were some terrible make up calls for both Teams: Milt's helmet hit on Herbert should have been called.

A BJ is a terrible thing to wast

 

[PatsFan2]

A BJ is a terrible thing to wast

Back Judge.

 

[reflexblue]

Back Judge.

OK if you say so

 

[Spiral]

I think the league wants certain matchups for games, and the officials are smart enough to figure that out. I've always thought that one of the the best ways to figure out which way the officials are leaning is to check the spots early in the game.