re: fumble or not?

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you can pretty easily surmise where his fingers are

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You may be right that he lost possession right there, but that is blurry, and you are speculating about where his fingers might be when you say that you can "surmise." That is not indisputable evidence to overturn the call on the field.

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That picture does not show someone in possession of a football.

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Nor does it show someone NOT in possession. It's inconclusive, thus, the ruling on the field stands. Touchdown.

That's all I am arguing. You can't really tell from the video that he loses possession prior to the ball crossing the front of the goal line. When in doubt, the ruling on the field stands.


It amazes me that people are so emphatic about this when I look at that video. There's no way that the replay official had enough to overturn. I just can't imagine that person being so certain.