I hope it was the latter, but McDermott didn’t seem as appreciative as you’d think he would be if it was. The look on his face was more like, “yeah, can you shut up? I have another game next week.”
The fact that the NFL has not gone to a red-bordered play clock when it hits zero (like in basketball) is laughable. It’s one way for officials to subtly control the game. Like when they used to let the referee secretly keep extra time in soccer.
The ref who called it had no idea. He was behind Diggs, Diggs was between him and the ball, and both feet were in after he contacted the ball. You call that a score and go to the replay.
Ball never moved and Knox had control. This was a “let’s try to keep it close as long as possible” call.
if it takes that long to review, by definition it should be inconclusive.
Yes, I remember thinking the same thing at halftime of SB XXVII.
They asked Jimmy Johnson about it and he said, “We’re not Houston.”
Much as I hate to say it, KC isn’t the Chargers.