NFL Vice President of Officiating Dean Blandino statement released by the NFL: "With 2:00 remaining in the fourth quarter of Sunday night's game between the New York Giants and Washington Redskins, Washington faced a second-and-5 from its own 41-yard line with no timeouts remaining. Quarterback Robert Griffin III completed a pass to wide receiver Pierre Garcon for four yards. The ball was correctly spotted shy of the Washington 46, bringing up third down," Blandino said in the statement. "Referee Jeff Triplette signaled third down but the head linesman -- with Washington in a 'hurry-up' situation -- incorrectly motioned for the chain crew to advance the chains, which caused the down boxes to read first down. "Following a Washington incomplete pass, the chains were moved back and the down boxes correctly reset to fourth down. "In this situation where there is obvious confusion as to the status of the down, play should have been stopped prior to third down and the correct down communicated to both clubs. This should have occurred regardless of the fact that Washington had no timeouts and it was inside two minutes. "Only the referee can rule and signal a first down. The official nearest to the down markers and chain crew, the head linesman, must wait for the first down signal from the referee before moving the chains. "Instant Replay did not become involved in this situation because the replay official determined that the ball on Garcon's catch was correctly spotted short of the line to gain for a first down."
Tomlin stepping onto the field or the edge there. <script type='text/javascript' src='http://CBSPIT.images.worldnow.com/interface/js/WNVideo.js?rnd=549701;hostDomain=video.pittsburgh.cbslocal.com;playerWidth=385;playerHeight=255;isShowIcon=true;clipId=9589943;flvUri=;partnerclipid=;adTag=Sport;advertisingZone=CBS.PITTS%252Fworldnowplayer;enableAds=true;landingPage=;islandingPageoverride=false;playerType=STANDARD_EMBEDDEDscript;controlsType=fixed'></script><a href="http://video.pittsburgh.cbslocal.com" title=""></a> http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2013...-tomlin-incident-league-considers-punishment/ Raw Ravens sideline reaction
Suspensions or not, that Seahawks defense is nasty (at home anyways). And the Saints will probably now proceed to score 30 unanswered points and make me look like a fool.
All these teams look great at home. New Orleans, Seattle,...tough to beat at home. On the road though. I still can't believe Houston dominated Seattle that first half.
Seattle is a straight up machine. Great QB, great running game, great defense, great home field. Who's going to beat them in the playoffs if they snag home field?
112 yards on 30 attempts. Wow, this Seattle defense. Gruden is right - if you can shut down the NO offense, you can shut down any offense.
Seattle are unstoppable at home. They are going to the Super Bowl once they get home field advantage.
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