Officials Erred on Punt Return Call

[over the mountain]

idk what they could do about the "whistle is blown" thing, you cant tell players to play after the whistle that would open up the pandora's box imo. the only accomadation i think they could make is to tell officials to err on the side of caution and not blow the whistle and let the play play out like they're supposed to do with questionable fumbles but im not if that is a viable option.

seems refs are having a tough time finding consistency with the facemask calls. since they got rid of 5 yarders everything is 15 now to allow players to initially grab the face mask then let go without a penalty. i think this was a good move because it was ridiculus to not expect inadvertant facemasks in this game of tackle the ball carrier.

the more they try to un-ref the refs the more problems were seeing. i guess like hockey a few years ago where they tried to open the game up by clamping down on holding/interference this is going to take a few seasons to find some balance and consistency.

go skins!!