The 49er fumble and the reffs

[WeezyBengal]

(12-13-2021, 01:55 PM)pally Wrote: Do you mean that play where the ball carrier was clearly down? or the one where they were blowing the whistle because the player's forward process was clearly stopped as the Bengals had pushed him 5 yards backwards?  

neither play was a fumble

The second one. I get it being "forward progress" but it seemed like the whistle came pretty damn quick, like a couple seconds after the defender was even touched. 

Seems like a lot of whistles have been quicker this year. I think the NFL is avoiding trying to get guys actually tackled to the ground.