If you rewatch the play, the OL is clearly 1 1/2 yd past the LOS (25 yd line ) and the ball is still in Jones hand.
If the refs miss the call, that’s fine.
But I don’t get how it’s called initially correctly, and then reversed, incorrectly.
Ahh, anyone who pays attention to nfl drafts knows that QBs are special cases, often going higher or lower than predicted.
What we do know is that a consensus of 82 draft experts had Elam at 30. So a pick at 23 wasn’t a crazy reach.
But I do think that giving up a 4th to go up to get him was a mistake. Let the draft come to you.
It was sort of confusing, and I didn’t watch in super slow mo, but it looked to me that 43 on Bills pulled the dudes helmet off, and then the dude pulled it back from him, and ended up swinging the helmet.
I was just glad it wasn’t penalty Bills.
The idiot announcer saying holding on Diggs wasn’t holding, but a slight brush by TJ was a foul is bad, but those types of bad judgment calls happen all the time.
But the block downfield wasn’t a judgment call. It was plain as day. And called correctly, initially.
Did the officials explain why they picked up the flag? That was baffling to me.
Here’s what I saw on a “great” non call. The Pat DB has his hands on Diggs the entire way down the field, including a jersey tug or two. That’s not holding.
Taron Johnson contacts a receiver minimally for a millisecond. That’s defensive holding.
This rule needs some clarity and consistency. Its called completely at random.
And why did they pick up the flag on lineman downfield. 60 was 5 yds downfield before the throw.