Fumbling/forward pass rules need to change

SBXVII · 10-13-2008, 07:48 AM

How about the Chargers game last night. A NE WR tips the ball and a Charger caught it. The NE WR while on his back lifts his legs to illegaly trip the defensive Charger that caught the interception who then falls to the ground. The ball comes out and is ruled a fumble by the Charger? WTF?
#1. Good interception.
#2. There should be a penalty for illegal tripping against NE.
#3. The NE player caused the Charger to go down.
#4. I thought the ground could not cause a fumble.

It should have been the Chargers ball. Penalty on NE for tripping. and the player down due to contact...Charger ball. The Refs looked at the video and still got it wrong. How?

I loved that the crowd was booing so loud that the Ref could not get the game clock set right and NE had to take a time out. lol.

10-13-2008, 07:48 AM	#10
SBXVII Franchise Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 7,766	Re: Fumbling/forward pass rules need to change How about the Chargers game last night. A NE WR tips the ball and a Charger caught it. The NE WR while on his back lifts his legs to illegaly trip the defensive Charger that caught the interception who then falls to the ground. The ball comes out and is ruled a fumble by the Charger? WTF? #1. Good interception. #2. There should be a penalty for illegal tripping against NE. #3. The NE player caused the Charger to go down. #4. I thought the ground could not cause a fumble. It should have been the Chargers ball. Penalty on NE for tripping. and the player down due to contact...Charger ball. The Refs looked at the video and still got it wrong. How? I loved that the crowd was booing so loud that the Ref could not get the game clock set right and NE had to take a time out. lol.

Fumbling/forward pass rules need to change

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