Yeah, I mean that’s stuff I’ve said already, but sure.
My only question is if it’s normal for the ref not to follow the play until it’s over, especially in a last second situation like that. If it is whatever but that’d be news to me.
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Yeah, I mean that’s stuff I’ve said already, but sure.
My only question is if it’s normal for the ref not to follow the play until it’s over, especially in a last second situation like that. If it is whatever but that’d be news to me.
Generally yes, the Umpire would not start jogging down the field until the play is well beyond him. He's watching for holding, chop blocks, etc.
It's hard to call those things accurately while jogging. There is some degree of "flowing with the play" but it's always going to be behind the play. It will naturally take maybe 2-3 seconds to recognize.
Citation: several years as a high school official (including Umpire)
Looks like they even had the ball too far forward with the Cowboys trying to spot it themselves.
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There it is, then. Refs didn't do anything out of the ordinary on that play. It was a combination of a risky play call and Dak waiting too long to slide. I can give Dak a pass on his part. In the heat of the moment, I can see him not judging the time correctly, or not seeing the clock. And they damn near got it clocked. It was just a really, really risky play call with 14 seconds left and no timeouts.
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There will be a 3 hour special with Stephen A. Smith reacting to the Cowboys loss.
And your sentence is likely the only information I'll see or acknowledge about it, haha.
Same for Skippy.
That show being successful completely confounded me. I don’t get the draw to either of them.
I think there was a time when it was entertaining and I'd take it in but at some point it was just that the whole time. Literally hot takes yelled back and forth.
