Roughing the kicker - no call game changer (2 Viewers)

[LafourcheSaint]

The same reason they called the fumbled pass to the Seahawk receiver an incomplete pass.

Yeah, they are way to quick to blow the whistle in those situations.

They should let the play happen as a fumble then sort it out with a challenge after.

 

[Scorpius the Allfather]

There are only two very specific situations where demonstrating possession after the whistle can get a team awarded possession (but no advance) if the play is overturned by replay...

1. If a runner is declared down-by-contact on the field of play and the ball comes loose after the ruling, and an opponent clearly demonstrates possession in the action immediately following the whistle...or...
2. If a pass is ruled incomplete when it leaves the passers hand, but is later overturned to a fumble BY THE PASSER (not a receiver), and an opponent clearly demonstrates possession in the action immediately following the whistle.

Even if a Saints player had picked up the ball, Peyton could not have gained anything by challenging that play. If the ball had been ruled a catch/fumble, Seattle would have been awarded the ball at the spot of the fumble.

That's not the point. Williams preaches go after the ball even if it's incomplete. Shanle took his sweet *** time picking up the ball when he should have had a rocket up his butt going after it and trying to run with it. A similiar scenario happened in our favor last year where we were awarded the ball because a Saint scooped it up immediately instead of waffling in whether or not to go after it.

 

[Cajunsaint85]

officiating as whole this year in the NFL, was terribly inconsistent this year, and that's putting in mildly

I totally agree. I would compare calls from different ball games and the same play would result in different call and explanations. The NFL has the worst officaiting in sports.