The NFL is blaming a blown call Thursday night on a delay in getting a ok look on replay.
On the play in query, Seattle punt returner Dee Williams muffed a punt and San Francisco’s Jalen Graham recovered it. That was clear from the replay that was proven through the Prime Video broadcast. However the officers on the sphere dominated that Williams by no means touched the ball, and the replay officers let the decision stand.
So why did the decision stand when replay clearly confirmed Williams touched the ball? NFL Vice President of Replay Coaching and Improvement Mark Butterworth defined after the sport that the replay workplace solely noticed the conclusive angle on the identical time the viewers noticed it, when referee Craig Wrolstad was saying that the play would stand.
“As soon as we had the San Francisco problem, we have been trying to see if the returner did certainly contact the ball,” Butterworth informed pool reporter Brady Henderson. “We went via all out there angles, and we get the uncooked feed from the truck. And there was not clear and apparent video proof that the returner touched the ball. After taking a look at all out there angles, we made the willpower that we have been going to face on the decision as a result of there was not clear and apparent video proof. As soon as Craig made his announcement and so they got here again from TV, the community had an enhanced shot that they didn’t ship in any respect till after they performed his announcement.”
It was an enormous blown name that price the 49ers the ball within the pink zone. The 49ers received anyway, however these are the sorts of errors that may change outcomes of video games. The NFL completely should make sure that it’s working with its TV companions to get the very best pictures of key performs, and repair errors — earlier than the referee has introduced that the decision will stand simply because the TV viewers is seeing that the decision ought to have been modified.
