How did Paul prove wrong what was right? They needed to show a camera angle down the goal line. I didn't notice that they did. Since all scores get reviewed now, they seem to usually err on the side of calling anything close a score and then double check on replay.
That couldn't have been the referee standing there. Had to be the back judge or side judge I'd guess. The referee lines up behind the offense and to the right. He'd have to been faster than any of the players to beat Wallace to the goal line. The reason to argue is another TD pass would make RT's passer rating even better.
For that to be an Illegal Shift penalty somebody else had to have been moving, so what happened? Edit: Nevermind, I just re-read Paul's original post. Would be nice to see the play before that and said play strung together for context. Why did Reggie Wayne never get set? Was he coming from the sideline or the huddle?
I was baffled it wasn't a TD and they placed the ball on the one. Then I rewinded it and he clearly lands in front of the end zone and then falls back into it. The pass dove a lot faster than I was expecting. What I mean is, it felt like a bomb and then it just took a dive right at the end. I was expecting the arch to be a little higher. Kind of hard to explain. I know Tanny has a strong enough arm, is it as strong as say Vick's? Vick's throw last week to a wide open Desean jackson looked like a flick of the wrist. Not arguing Tanny's arm strength is wanting or lacking, just a curiosity that's all. I'll rewatch that pass again later. As for the incompletion/fumble sounds like the refs got it wrong. I checked out the official rule http://static.nfl.com/static/content/public/image/rulebook/pdfs/2012 - Rule Book.pdf The rule is right there on PDF page 40 (rules page 32). When an official sounds his whistle erroneously while the ball is still in play, the ball is dead immediately. If the ball was loose because of a fumble, the team last in possession can choose to replay the down or continue where the ball was last. So there are only two choices here if I'm reading this right. One, the pass was incomplete as originally called. Two, it was a fumble, whistle was erroneous, we get to replay the down or choose to continue where the ball was (with loss of the down) last when the whistle blew.
I'll see if I can get it up on youtube for you this afternoon. Reggie breaks huddle and kinda meanders his way up to the LOS, then realizes he needs to hurry up, then starts his motion. It was all quite obvious that he messed up.
Some are finally starting to accept it but a few are still resistant to the truth. I thought i twas a bad call at first too but then saw Mike Pereira's explanation, rewatched the play and then saw what he meant. It was a little ticky tack but still technically the correct call.
I'll be honest, there are some on the colts board that make it difficult for me to like Luck and it all started Luck's senior year at Stanford. But the Colts are my team and I'm not going to let a few who slobber all over him wreck my enjoyment of the team.
I was surprised they respotted the ball on the Tannehill sneak but agree that it was spotted too far ahead initially because, as you said, he didn't stretch the ball out until after his knee was down. On the fumble, I think it was initially called an incomplete pass but then another ref overruled and called it a fumble, so it was auto-reviewed. I think it was about as close as it possibly could have been but I do think the ball was knocked out about a millisecond before his arm started going forward.
It's hard to say if that was on Wayne or Luck. Wayne originally went to line up wide right and Luck hand-signalled for Wayne to come left. Wayne initially went to lineup still on the right side of the play but just away from the OL but Luck then motioned again for Wayne to move to the left side of the play. So Wayne kept moving just to the left side of the OL and was working on getting set when Luck snapped the ball. Luck may have assumed that Wayne got fully set before initially going in motion. It's difficult to tell if Luck could have actually seen Wayne because he appeared to be looking at the middle of the defense. Either way, there was still 6 or 7 seconds on the play clock so Luck could have waited for Wayne to get fully set. Because of all that it's hard for me to say whether that was on Wayne or Luck, but the bottom line is it was a simple mental mistake that can be easily cleaned up but still wound up costing the team 4 points.
