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Originally Posted by kysirsoze
I haven't been around much this week, but was the replay on that "fumble" conclusive enough to overturn? I thought it looked bad, but the angles were unclear at first glance. I too haven't poured over the footage for days.
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I haven't "poured" over the footage, but I looked at it fairly closely and it looked to me like there was enough to overturn.
1. He had clearly established possession (long run before it got to that point), so completing the pass was not in question.
2. His last step was clearly in bounds, and then he starts to try to transfer the ball from the left hand to the right.
3. As he loses control of the ball and is heading out of bounds, the ball CLEARLY lands either in the end zone or right on the line, which means it was in bounds crossing the goal line, which means it's a touchback for the Packers (rather than Chiefs possession at wherever it went out of bounds).
There was nothing to obscure the view and it looked pretty clear to me. I'd say there was indisputable evidence sufficient to overturn.
In a 9-7 game, why the HELL didn't McCarthy challenge?!?!?!