Hawks vs Hams (or Lambs) game thread

[D-train]

I can not freaking believe we won this game. We probably should've known it was pre-ordained we would win on that freak 2-point conversion.

So where does this rank on the "I can't believe we won this game" list? Maybe #2 after the NFC Championship Game against the Puckers?

The fact that the ball took a 90 degree right turn after hitting the Rams Defender in the helmet and then Zach nonchalantly and unwittingly bending down and picking up the ball 6 inches into the endzone had to be Divine Intervention from the Football Gods. Team of Destiny!

We benefited by Charbo being a nice guy. All he was doing was picking the ball up to give to the ref!

Karma baby! Like I always say, It is Nice to be Easy and it is Easy to be Nice. He was just being nice and got massively rewarded for it...

[D-train]

So if a ref had picked up the ball first then what is the call?

If a ref picked up the ball there would have been no clear recovery so the play would end without a conversion.

Obviously. Oh wait what if the Ref put on a Seahawks jersey and ran it into the endzone???

[Michael K.]

Oh wait what if the Ref put on a Seahawks jersey and ran it into the endzone???

What if my aunt had balls? She'd be my uncle.

[Sibelius Hindemith]

Okay perhaps it was a dumb question, but the whole situation seems moot once the whistle was blown.

[trharder]

Okay perhaps it was a dumb question, but the whole situation seems moot once the whistle was blown.

I tend to agree, but the rule for the occasion says otherwise.

[D-train]

Okay perhaps it was a dumb question, but the whole situation seems moot once the whistle was blown.

I tend to agree, but the rule for the occasion says otherwise.

Yeah there is a huge emphasis to stop playing once you here the whistle blow but this totally contradicts that. So if a D lineman has a QB in the grasp and hears the whistle should he ignore it and take him down. Officials should have recognized it could have been a backwards pass and refrained from blowing their whistles.

[Captain 97]

Okay perhaps it was a dumb question, but the whole situation seems moot once the whistle was blown.

NFL officials did not issue a pool report after the game. But former NFL referee and NBC rules analyst Terry McAulay did add context on social media to help explain the ruling.

“When a backward pass is ruled forward and incomplete, replay can reverse if there is a clear recovery in the immediate continuing action,” McAulay posted to X. “The recovering team is awarded the ball at the spot of recovery. Let me make this perfectly clear: whether a whistle is blown or not is completely irrelevant.”

[Nwadventure]

Millen just brought up an interesting take on all the defensive miscommunications last night- Were the 12s a little too loud and the secondary just couldn't hear hear each other ? MacDonald emphasizes communication all the time so it did seem strange to see them getting rocked that hard.

[Sibelius Hindemith]

Okay perhaps it was a dumb question, but the whole situation seems moot once the whistle was blown.

NFL officials did not issue a pool report after the game. But former NFL referee and NBC rules analyst Terry McAulay did add context on social media to help explain the ruling.

“When a backward pass is ruled forward and incomplete, replay can reverse if there is a clear recovery in the immediate continuing action,” McAulay posted to X. “The recovering team is awarded the ball at the spot of recovery. Let me make this perfectly clear: whether a whistle is blown or not is completely irrelevant.”

Thanks for digging that up. Do you know if the same applies to fumbles with regard to the whistle? It's odd that none of the players seemed aware of that rule and/or of the possibility that the pass was backwards.

[Sibelius Hindemith]

Millen just brought up an interesting take on all the defensive miscommunications last night- Were the 12s a little too loud and the secondary just couldn't hear hear each other ? MacDonald emphasizes communication all the time so it did seem strange to see them getting rocked that hard.

Yeah perhzps they should have worn actual Oregon Duck unis in order to keep the crowd noise down.