Seattle’s game-saving play followed by admission of error by National Football League officials

The Seattle Seahawks escaped Monday night’s contest with a 13-10 victory over the Detroit Lions. I didn’t know to tell him otherwise. We just, at that particular point in time, we executed like were capable of and thats what Im talking about we have do more often. “Don’t know how anybody would have known that one”. “If they did, they did”.

The Lions reached the Seattle 11 and on third-and-1, Stafford passed to an open Johnson.

On why the ball should have been spotted at the 1 after the penalty that was not called: “It would go back to the spot of the fumble. K.J. Wright batted the football, that is a foul for an illegal bat”, but the back judge “didn’t feel it was an overt act”. Anyone sitting in their couch at home can say, ‘Well, I would have done it.’ It happened so gracefully, he just did a little tap on the ball and it’s over, in the direction it was going – it was going out anyway. “We can’t be hanging on something that happened a night ago that we can do nothing about”. The officials in the top tier get to work playoff games; the others don’t, with officials in the lowest-performing third tier subject to “enhanced training” and “a focus on them and their development”, Blandino said per ESPN. The play would result in a touchback and effectively end the Lions’ hopes.

The controversy – including the obscurity of the rule Wright violated and the lack of a video review – was a hot topic in USA sports media on the day after, but Caldwell said his team needed to focus on their upcoming game against the Arizona Cardinals.

“I don’t want it to linger”.

“He’s got it clearly in his hand”, Caldwell said. “The ball comes out and then I actually saw the young man bat the ball out”.

The offensive line has been a question since before the season started and continues to be an issue for Seattle.

The Lions’ offense has gone 15 straight possessions without a touchdown.

Instead, Seattle had the ball at its own 20 and was able to run out the clock.

Detroit’s defense, meanwhile, forced four fumbles, sacked Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson six times and scored on a 27-yard fumble return by defensive tackle Caraun Reid.

“Yeah, you can’t hit it backwards, and you can’t intentionally I guess knock it out”, Wright said after the game, via The Seattle Times. The glitch came from the enforcement; San Francisco’s options were to penalize the Seahawks half the distance from the Seattle 17 and face fourth down again or decline the penalty and take the ball at the 34 – 17 yards away from where Maragos applied the illegal bat.

Rivera came into the office Tuesday morning and was immediately met by running backs coach Jim Skipper, who serves as the de facto “rules guy” on the staff. The two regularly discuss late-game scenarios and rules.

“We have to have an awareness of when the ball is in the end zone”, he said. “With the non-call, Seattle’s got the ball that’s a touch back, it’s just a 10% win probability for Detroit”.

What is it with the north end zone of CenturyLink Field, Monday Night Football and confused officials?

“That was a smart play, ” Carroll said.