Game Thread W10: Oakland at San Diego (1 Viewer)

[Apple Jack]

It's not a matter of being hard. He's responding to what Eisen just said, which was that Brown was out of bounds, not the ball. And if you look at the replay, it doesn't look like he's touching the ball, so that only adds to the confusion of somebody who didn't see the play happen during the game or hear the call on the field.

Lito was absolutely touching the ball.

Do you have it tivo'd? Because I do and I've watched over and over in very slow motion and at best it's inconclusive and worst he's not touching it at all. His arm is inside Brown's left arm, but the ball had slid down and there was space between it and Sheppard's arm. But whatever, I don't have a dog in this fight. Just making an observation.

 

[krsone21]

Wait...so that called off touchdown WAS because he was touching Brown? That's what Rich Eisen just said and the replay looked like he wasn't touching the ball. So a player is out of bounds if he's being touched by a defender out of bounds? What?

just saw that for the first time, and that's as bad if not worse than Megatron's screw job. that is the single most ridiculous ruling i've ever heard. how on earth is a DB out of bounds = a WR not in bounds? that makes ZERO sense. it's not the same as a fumble on the turf that's touched by a player oob...totally different. They've now made it possible for any pass to be ruled incomplete as long as the DB is out of bounds when defending it.

It actually makes a lot of sense. Both players touched the ball, before the offensive player got control, the defensive player stepped out of bounds, so technically speaking the ball is out of bounds.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

It looked to me — conclusively — like the defender touched the ball. I think it was the correct call.

 

[krsone21]

It's not a matter of being hard. He's responding to what Eisen just said, which was that Brown was out of bounds, not the ball. And if you look at the replay, it doesn't look like he's touching the ball, so that only adds to the confusion of somebody who didn't see the play happen during the game or hear the call on the field.

Lito was absolutely touching the ball.

Yes Lito was touching the ball, I was watching the game and many replays and Lito was definitely touching the ball.