One of the interesting things that came out of ESPN’s telecast of the 1958 NFL Championship Game was how it’s clear the modern player hits replay.
I feel the NFL should get rid of replay. It not only slows the game down, but winds up ruining the game when coaches take stabs at hoping a replay turns into the reset button.
I need you to watch something from yesterday’s Falcons game. I know a touchdown when I see one, and this is a touchdown. I had nothing riding on the game. No money, no fantasy players, and I couldn’t care less about the Falcons, but this is a touchdown.
I’d embed the file, but I guess the NFL will go bankrupt if we all start sharing highlight clips, so the best I can do for you is a link: This Should Be A TD Go watch that and then come back.
OK, now isn’t that obviously a touchdown? Why review that? I know a TD when I see it. That’s a touchdown.
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I’m not sure. The first angle clearly looked like a TD. The second angle looks as if the ball gets stripped before it crosses the plane–but I can’t really tell if he doesn’t have control before he crosses. I don’t think there was conclusive evidence to overturn anyway–so I thought it should stand as a TD. Interestingly, I wanted to see one more angle and the ref who had that angle called it a TD immediately.