I don't get it.
Since when can the officials take it upon themselves to review a play based on a penalty THAT WASN'T CALLED when there is under two minutes to play? I don't recall ever having seen that.
So the Bucs are down by one-point with time running out. They make a twenty-yard pass play (or something like that) with about 12 seconds left as they line up for the next play. At that point, it would have been like a 37-yard fieldgoal attempt. Marvin Lewis throws a challenge flag, even though he is not allowed to do that under two minutes. This costs his team a timeout. During that process, I guess he somehow convinces the refs to review the play and check to see if there were 12 men on the field...there WAS 12 men on the field, but I didn't think a review could be based on a penalty or lack thereof.
So the refs review the play and determine that there were 12 men on the field for the Bucs, and then throw a flag for that AFTER the review. That's the way I saw it...the Bucs were taken out of field goal range as a result, and it pretty much cost them the game. Why can't the refs review whether a hold happened or anything else in that circumstance?
What am I missing?
Also, I feel the Ravens got jobbed at the end of the game against the Chargers as well.
Since when can the officials take it upon themselves to review a play based on a penalty THAT WASN'T CALLED when there is under two minutes to play? I don't recall ever having seen that.
So the Bucs are down by one-point with time running out. They make a twenty-yard pass play (or something like that) with about 12 seconds left as they line up for the next play. At that point, it would have been like a 37-yard fieldgoal attempt. Marvin Lewis throws a challenge flag, even though he is not allowed to do that under two minutes. This costs his team a timeout. During that process, I guess he somehow convinces the refs to review the play and check to see if there were 12 men on the field...there WAS 12 men on the field, but I didn't think a review could be based on a penalty or lack thereof.
So the refs review the play and determine that there were 12 men on the field for the Bucs, and then throw a flag for that AFTER the review. That's the way I saw it...the Bucs were taken out of field goal range as a result, and it pretty much cost them the game. Why can't the refs review whether a hold happened or anything else in that circumstance?
What am I missing?
Also, I feel the Ravens got jobbed at the end of the game against the Chargers as well.
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