(10-23-2022, 08:43 PM)Eric1 Wrote: Still don't understand how they marked this short. Especially when the official is literally 5 yards away from the play... Pathetic. No clue why Doug didn't challenge it.
https://twitter.com/LaurieFitzptrck/stat...0357500928

Actually, I looked at this frame by frame and it looks like his knee may have touched the ground just outside the 20 yard line with his back towards the first down marker and then his momentum carries him past the line to gain.

It's hard to see but if you look at the frame when his knee may have touched the ground, he hasn't gotten his body turned around and he would have been short. So it makes me believe the ref did think his knee touched the ground on the 20 and spotted it short based on that.

I know twitter doesn't provide the highest resolution or frame rate, but it looks possible his knee did touch the ground early and it was actually a correct spot.

Also, players are blocking the camera view of the crucial moments where his knee might have touched the ground until after he crosses the line to gain. It would be pretty much impossible to overturn the call due to the obstructed camera view and the ref having a perfect angle from only 5 yards away.

Not challenging seemed like a head scratcher at first, but when you notice the giant's players in the way of the camera angle, you realize it would have been a waste of a timeout.

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