Although the biggest took place in New Orleans, owner Jerry Jones also has some questions about a controversial call that was made in Kansas City during the ' 37-31 win over the .With just under nine minutes left to play in the fourth quarter, appeared to muff a punt return, which
Darius Bazley Jersey ended up being recovered by the Chiefs. WAIT...WHAT?! The Checkdown (@thecheckdown) Although the original call on the field went in favor of the Chiefs, the call was overturned after review with the officiating crew ruling that Edelman never touched the ball, which allowed the Patriots to keep po se sion.Here's a closer look at the play. Closer look at the Julian Edelman "muff" punt, he really didn't touch it. Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) According to Jones, the play should have stood as
Luguentz Dort Jersey called on the field since there didn't appear to be enough evidence to overturn the decision. More on the NFL "The call on the punt, whether he touched it, you can never get it right, because it was called on the field as a touch and then later, you couldn't see an angle ," Jones said, via the . "But the rule says you're supposed to go with the call on the field if you can't see an angle that he didn't touch it. I don't
Aleksej Pokusevski Jersey know if you can get everything right ."The point Jones was trying to make is that an overhaul of the replay system isn't guaranteed to work since replay doesn't nece sarily guarantee that every call is going to be correct. Jones saw one of those plays in person in January 2015, when Tony Romo's 31-yard pa s to was ruled complete on the field, only to be overturned after replay.According to Jones, in situations where you can't tell for sure what happened, you should stick
Chris Paul Jersey with the official's call. "At the end of the day, it's the official's call and you live with that," Jones said. "You depend on the integrity of the official, not nece sarily his ability to make every call right or wrong. You a sume that, and rightfully so, that there are no biases, and he's just trying to make the right call. That's
Oklahoma City Thunder Jeresy part of sport."Fortunately for the , Edelman's punt return didn't turn into a major controversy because the Chiefs ended up getting the ball back two players later after threw an interception.
