mikeak
Well-known member
So I was stuck watching the first quarter plus on the game mix channel and saw a play in the Bengals-Panthers game that made me wonder what the rules are.
There was a play at the end of the game it was clearly a lateral ball. No doubt period. Issue is the receiver dropped it / never caught it - the ball bounced on the ground and the receiver picked it up on the bounce and continued running forward and would most likely have scored a TD.
The not so smart ref whistled the play dead because the ball hit the ground. I mean a guy that stands on a perfectly straight line with the qb and that is paid to know the rules shouldn't be expected to know the rules right....
Regardless - what are the rules in regards to challenging this. lets assume it was outside of the 2min (in this game 2.22 left) on the clock then I have the following questions and wonder if anyone knows:
1) Can you challange the ruling that it was a forward incomplete pass? I think you can because if it was fumbled and there is a clear recovery by the other team it would have been challenged
2) Is the team with the ball stuck at the spot of "recovery" since it was whistled dead? In this case it means either team could have challenged and even though Benglas turned it into a great play the fact that it was whistled dead means Bengals would have lost 4-5 yards on the play?
3) OR would the play have been played over?
There was a play at the end of the game it was clearly a lateral ball. No doubt period. Issue is the receiver dropped it / never caught it - the ball bounced on the ground and the receiver picked it up on the bounce and continued running forward and would most likely have scored a TD.
The not so smart ref whistled the play dead because the ball hit the ground. I mean a guy that stands on a perfectly straight line with the qb and that is paid to know the rules shouldn't be expected to know the rules right....
Regardless - what are the rules in regards to challenging this. lets assume it was outside of the 2min (in this game 2.22 left) on the clock then I have the following questions and wonder if anyone knows:
1) Can you challange the ruling that it was a forward incomplete pass? I think you can because if it was fumbled and there is a clear recovery by the other team it would have been challenged
2) Is the team with the ball stuck at the spot of "recovery" since it was whistled dead? In this case it means either team could have challenged and even though Benglas turned it into a great play the fact that it was whistled dead means Bengals would have lost 4-5 yards on the play?
3) OR would the play have been played over?