NFL Officiating Problem that needs correcting

[Turf]

The last play of the game could have turned out to be devastating and wrong had Jacksonville maintained possession of the ball after the review.
As you all recall what happened was the Bills got the ball back with 3 secs left. Game over. Not quite. If Jac would not have fumbled the ball and maintained possession, game over. They could never have gotten another play off with 3 secs left.
Yet it wasn't.
Now don't get me wrong they made the proper call. Ilegal forward pass, penalty, 10 secs wound down, game over. I was screaming that at the time.
However, had they somehow ruled that it wasn't a fumble they would have most likely allowed Jacksonville to line up quickly at the LOS and snap the ball with 3 secs left. What else could they do? There is no rule for this type of issue. The ref has to decide when to start the clock and you know they will be at LOS waiting. Meantime there was no way in hell they could have gotten to the LOS in 3 secs.
The NFL has to seriously look into this because it could have potentially cost us the game and unfairly so, and is a huge loophole in their rules.

[LABillsFan]

There was a few in other games as well. The preseason was loaded with now calls as well.

[Oaf]

That and it absolutely sucks to be a SD fan right now.

[TigerJ]

That and it absolutely sucks to be a SD fan right now.

Agreed. With Ed Hochuli's giant mistake we don't need to talk about hypotheticals. Right there he gave the game to the Broncos.

[Lexwhat]

The last play of the game could have turned out to be devastating and wrong had Jacksonville maintained possession of the ball after the review.
As you all recall what happened was the Bills got the ball back with 3 secs left. Game over. Not quite. If Jac would not have fumbled the ball and maintained possession, game over. They could never have gotten another play off with 3 secs left.
Yet it wasn't.
Now don't get me wrong they made the proper call. Ilegal forward pass, penalty, 10 secs wound down, game over. I was screaming that at the time.
However, had they somehow ruled that it wasn't a fumble they would have most likely allowed Jacksonville to line up quickly at the LOS and snap the ball with 3 secs left. What else could they do? There is no rule for this type of issue. The ref has to decide when to start the clock and you know they will be at LOS waiting. Meantime there was no way in hell they could have gotten to the LOS in 3 secs.
The NFL has to seriously look into this because it could have potentially cost us the game and unfairly so, and is a huge loophole in their rules.

I think this is incorrect. If it wasn't a fumble, I don't think they would have allowed Jacksonville to line up. I believe they would have just said the game is over

Although I'm not positive, I've seen similar situations in the past. The Jags would not have gotten a free play.


However, on another note, the Chargers got robbed.

[yordad]

Excellent point Turf. That was have been jacked. Going from the time running out on them, to getting a free timeout for a review. It wouldn't have been good.

[Turf]

I think this is incorrect. If it wasn't a fumble, I don't think they would have allowed Jacksonville to line up. I believe they would have just said the game is over

Although I'm not positive, I've seen similar situations in the past. The Jags would not have gotten a free play.


However, on another note, the Chargers got robbed.

Oh yeah the Sabres, I mean Chargers got robbed.

But going back to your reply, I really think they have no rule for this, and they would have allowed them to line up and snap the ball. How could they not? When does the ref start the clock? He can't recreate the player position and make them run into formation.
Imagine Jacksonville throwing a Hail Mary TD after a call like that. This place would be going bonkers.

[Bravo82]

i dont know why they challenged it anyways. game over either way. if its a fumble, we take over with 3 seconds left. if he was down, no way they get the play off in time. this is a loophole and the league needs to fix it.