Jets Officials took touchdown away from us vs. Bears
The cried foul after an error by game officials cost them a potentially game-swinging touchdown.The play occurred with le s than two minutes to go in the first half, the trailing the by four. by . Linebacker scooped up the loose ball and galloped 44 yards for a go-ahead touchdown.Or so the thought. Referee blew the play dead, ruling Cutler was down by
Devere Levelston Jersey contact. The were given the turnover after a review, but not the touchdown. They went three-and-out on their subsequent po se sion."I knew it was a fumble, and it should've been a touchdown," Davis said, . "I talked to a couple of refs before today. They're supposed to let that play stay open. They're taught to call that a fumble because you can always review it. If you blow it dead, the play dies there. That came back to bite us in the butt, but we didn't have the best officiating in this game. That's not an excuse. We know we have to play better." After , a drained didn't appear to have the energy to properly addre s the play. Either that, or he didn't want to give the league a reason to fine him."I'll let you guys figure out how frustrating that is," Ryan said of the play.NFL's vice president of officiating Dean Blandino told NFL Total Acce s on Tuesday that the play was a fumble but could not be overturned because the whistle had blown the play dead."Players stopped, you can't go back, you can't a sume that he would have scored," Blandino explained. "He would have here, but we've got to look at overall, these types of plays, when the referee blows the whistle or any official blows the whistle, it's dead and we can't allow an advance."It wasn't the only call to go against the in the first half. was called for pa s interference on , though replays showed the call probably should have been the other way around. The 33-yard penalty set up the ' .Harris sees a pattern emerging for the ."What else is new?" he said. "It seems like we're playing against two teams out there sometimes."That's not a sentiment that will earn much sympathy in the NFL, but there's no denying the had just cause for frustration. Expect this to come up when Dean Blandino pops up on NFL Total Acce s later today.The latest recaps all of the Week 3 action and picks
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