I have another question on a different rule with challanging and fumbles.
I believe it was the Vikings/Lions game, Kitna fumbled and was recovered by the Vikings. But they called an incomplete pass, Vikings challange and it was ruled a fumble but they gave it back to the Lions at the point of the fumble because the play was ruled dead. (I assume)
Then Steelers/Bengals, Willie Parker fumbles and Bengals recover, but Parker was ruled down. Bengals challange, they win and get the ball.
Is the difference that the first one was ruled a pass, so the defense can't recover. I thought it was strange. And one of the announces kept saying that it had to be an incomplete pass since they retained the ball, even though it was ruled a fumble and the Lions lost the yards.
I believe it was the Vikings/Lions game, Kitna fumbled and was recovered by the Vikings. But they called an incomplete pass, Vikings challange and it was ruled a fumble but they gave it back to the Lions at the point of the fumble because the play was ruled dead. (I assume)
Then Steelers/Bengals, Willie Parker fumbles and Bengals recover, but Parker was ruled down. Bengals challange, they win and get the ball.
Is the difference that the first one was ruled a pass, so the defense can't recover. I thought it was strange. And one of the announces kept saying that it had to be an incomplete pass since they retained the ball, even though it was ruled a fumble and the Lions lost the yards.