Originally posted by 49erBrodie70:
Originally posted by VinculumJuris:
Originally posted by captveg:
Originally posted by ninerjok:
Originally posted by captveg:
Exactly how is that a TD by Goff? The SR's forward progress was stopped.
St. Brown committed OPI so by rule there would be a 10 second runoff anyways and the game was over. It's not necessary to say that Goff scored a TD after recovering a fumble by his teammate and running in.
It wasn't a valid TD in so many ways.
1. The OPI
2. Forward progress clearly stopped
3. Teammate can't advance a fumble at end of 4th quarter
Like, WTF were the refs even doing allowing that to occur yet alone announcing it as a TD.
On number 3, it looked like a backward pass that didn't hit the ground as St. Brown was being tackled, which I think can be advanced. Or did it hit the ground?
Yeah, a lateral.....but this does harken back to Stabler and Casper in San Diego (the "Holy Roller" in the late 70's), which changed the fumble advance rule for an offense in 4th quarter.
Maybe if they ever showed the full replay I could have seen it was a lateral instead of a fumble.
Imagine if that stood if there was no OPI. Not calling the forward progress on that play would be a HUGE controversy.
[ Edited by captveg on Dec 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM ]
