01-16-2022, 04:09 PM
I really don't think the whistle play was that egregious. I know I'm biased but the whistle blew what fractions of a sec before Boyd caught the ball. Easily to be mistaken by the officials that he may have already caught the ball. If no whistle blows it's still a touchdown the only thing you could possibly argue is that a defender coming across could've hit Boyd and attempted to dislodge it. But I really don't think anyone was even in position to do that. I think that rule really applies to a play where the players have time to truly give up on the play and affect the outcome. While the letter of the rule might have called it dead and replayed the down it had no effect and would've been more egregious to the Bengals if was handled that way.
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