NFL replay official: We didn’t see Seahawks’ muffed punt until too late to fix blown call

The NFL is blaming a blown call Thursday night on a delay in getting a good enough look on replay.On the play in question, Seattle punt returner Dee Williams muffed a punt and San Francisco's Jalen Graham recovered it. That was clear from the replay that was shown during the Prime Video broadcast. But the officials on the field ruled that Williams never touched the ball, and the replay officials let the call stand.So why did the call stand when replay clearly showed Williams touched the ball? NFL Vice President of Replay Training and Development Mark Butterworth explained after the game that the replay office only saw the conclusive angle at the same time the audience saw it, when referee Craig Wrolstad was announcing that the play would stand."Once we had the San Francisco challenge, we were looking to see if the returner did indeed touch the ball," Butterworth told pool reporter Brady Henderson. "We went through all available angles, and we get the raw feed from the truck. And there was not clear and obvious video evidence that the returner touched the ball. After looking at all available angles, we made the determination that we were going to stand on the call because there was...