The illegal batting call is right, but why does the kicking team get the ball back?

The Steelers did have the ball and lateraled it backwards.

Wow. Completely, totally botched that one. Not even questionable.

The illegal batting call is right, but why does the kicking team get the ball back?

 

A blocked kick that never advances beyond the line of scrimmage is still a live ball. Pittsburgh never possessed the ball after the block, so when they illegally batted the ball forward out of bounds, it was still Green Bay's ball.

 

EDIT: Just saw a replay that showed that Pittsburgh did in fact, have possession of the ball, so yeah the refs f***ed up.

How is possession not challengable? This is bulls***.

And the runner was down. Screwed up two obvious ways.

And the runner was down. Screwed up two obvious ways.

 

They can't challenge to see if the runner is down?

The Packers got bailed out twice. Ridiculous.

So 1. Rule is written poorly. In this case, there's no reason GB would ever deserve the ball back. 2. They botch the fact that he did possess the ball, despite talking about it for over 10 minutes. and then 3. They miss the fact that he was f***ing DOWN BY CONTACT

They can't challenge to see if the runner is down?

Since they can't challenge on possession (which seems weird and dumb), as far as the refs are concerned they never had possession.

They can't challenge to see if the runner is down?

 

You can't be down if you don't possess the ball.

You can't be down if you don't possess the ball.

 

Who the f*** wrote those rules?

Giants with a dismal performance in the 2nd half here.

Le'Veon Bell ran like he was super pissed there.

The Steelers did have the ball and lateraled it backwards.

Couldn't Tomlin challenge that the play was already over? #25 of the Steelers had a knee down as he latereled.

Steelers answer with a TD.

Couldn't Tomlin challenge that the play was already over? #25 of the Steelers had a knee down as he latereled.

No. As far as the refs were concerned, Pittsburg never had possession so nobody could be down by contact.

 

Something else weird about the ruling. It was technically still gb ball at that point, right? So how could Pittsburg have batted it forward? Unless they already had possession, that wouldn't have been advancing the ball. So that's yet another way their ruling made zero sense, this time contradicting itself.

This should be a blowout. Thanks refs.

Steelers with a pick 6!

No. As far as the refs were concerned, Pittsburg never had possession so nobody could be down by contact.

 

Something else weird about the ruling. It was technically still gb ball at that point, right? So how could Pittsburg have batted it forward? Unless they already had possession, that wouldn't have been advancing the ball. So that's yet another way their ruling made zero sense, this time contradicting itself.

 

Because it was 4th down, it is a potential change of possession. If PIT bats the ball forward out of bounds, it improves their field position when they take over.

 

This should be a blowout. Thanks refs.

Packers have had a horseshoe up their asses for weeks.

The Giants are probably going to lose.

 

Unless Stafford throws a pick 6. That Giants offense is a total joke.

Edited December 22, 201312 yr by chw42

I have to say Red Zone is worth every penny, even if I had actually paid some pennies for it.

Because it was 4th down, it is a potential change of possession. If PIT bats the ball forward out of bounds, it improves their field position when they take over.

But the ruling was that possession had yet to change.

But the ruling was that possession had yet to change.

 

Right, but it's 4th down, so possession doesn't actually have to change for PIT to get the ball. They are still improving their field position.

 

Think of it like this: The play is a 4th down play where the offense gets barely beyond the first down marker and then fumbles. The defense then bats the ball forward back past the first down marker out of bounds. You can't go and rule that it is now the defense's ball because they batted the ball back past the first down marker but never recovered it.

 

 

Edited December 22, 201312 yr by HickoryHuskers