Raiders at Chargers (video). Chargers running back Melvin Gordon is hit and fumbles the ball. Receiver Keenan Allen is able to “Snake†his way in to grab the ball in midair, and the defense doesn’t have a “Ghost†of a chance to catch ...
Replay official Robert Lu interjects here to initiate a replay review of a fumble, which was reversed to an incomplete pass. Tampa Bay tight end Nick Truesdell did not complete the process of the catch prior to the ball being knocked loose, so this play was a correct reversal. Vipers DT ...
this is penalized as an illegal shift, and the snap is allowed to occur. The exception is when this occurs with less than a minute in the halfand the clock is running. In this case,
Wright’s actions constitute illegally batting the ball. When a player is in either end zone, a player may not bat or punch a loose ball in any direction. (This differs slightly from the field of play, where a ball is batted towards the opponent’s end zone is a foul, but not...