(11-12-2018, 02:09 PM)DragonFury Wrote: 3: The review was buzzed to the refs before the ball was snapped but they blew the whistle after the snap. The point of reference for a call to review is when the flag is thrown or when the buzzer goes off, not when the whistle is blown. This happens practically every week in the NFL to the point where commentators even mention the fact the offense was trying to snap the ball before the call was made.

This goes all of the way back to our infamous bottle-throwing game against the Browns in 2001. Quincy Morgon clearly dropped the ball on a 4th and 2 play, but it was intially ruled a catch. The Browns ran another play in which Tim Couch faked a spike, then actually spiked it. While discussing that, the refs learned that the booth was trying to stop that play so they could review the Morgan "catch", but the communication failed for some reason. So, they did review the first play, correctly reversed the call, which meant the Jags won. Then the bottles started to sail because the fans thought the same thing that once the ball is snapped, there can be no review.

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