The wonder of DVR... Newton fumbled

[Schnauzer]

Am I the only one in the USA that caught the fact Cam Newton fumbled on the play where he was sacked? It is all academic now but ESPN and their 7000 cameras failed to notice even with a commercial break shortly after. You can clearly see the fumble on a DVR slo mo rewind.

 

[MaxyJR1]

Am I the only one in the USA that caught the fact Cam Newton fumbled on the play where he was sacked? It is all academic now but ESPN and their 7000 cameras failed to notice even with a commercial break shortly after. You can clearly see the fumble on a DVR slo mo rewind.

I saw it, but the teams play at such a fast pace they didn't review it.

 

[Schnauzer]

It isn't the first time something like this has been missed by game officials but ESPN should have noticed for a discussion point.

 

[CP Gopher]

Brent doesn't have time for such nonsense. He's preoccupied with his young-man crushes on Newton and James.

 

[gopher7]

I saw it too. Perhaps the lack of an immediate recovery and it having no impact on field position had something to do with them not reviewing it.

 

[CP Gopher]

Newton became "Cam" to Brent early in the 2nd quarter.

 

[tikited]

looked pretty obvious to me.

 

[badgerman27]

Everyone watching at our place caught it right away.

It was pretty obvious.

 

[Rosemountian]

The whistle blew before the fumble occurred.

I believe the term is "in the grasp."
Which is why the refs never pointed at the ground like he was down, or they didn't signal incomplete. The play was already over. There was never a loose ball in question.

 

[tikited]

The whistle blew before the fumble occurred.

I believe the term is "in the grasp."
Which is why the refs never pointed at the ground like he was down, or they didn't signal incomplete. The play was already over. There was never a loose ball in question.

Doesn't mean they still blew it, but what else is new? At least they got the other close calls correct.

 

[Schnauzer]

The whistle blew before the fumble occurred.

I believe the term is "in the grasp."
Which is why the refs never pointed at the ground like he was down, or they didn't signal incomplete. The play was already over. There was never a loose ball in question.

Regardless of when the whistle blew... it WAS A FUMBLE. It was not only a blown call, but it was also blown coverage on the part of ESPN to completely miss the discussion point. They made no reference to it at all.

Also, it was not "in the grasp".

 

[TheManfromtheSouth]

Regardless of when the whistle blew... it WAS A FUMBLE. It was not only a blown call, but it was also blown coverage on the part of ESPN to completely miss the discussion point. They made no reference to it at all.

Also, it was not "in the grasp".

Re-watch the play a couple of more times - I'm almost positive that referee Bill LeMonnier pointed to the spot where Newton's forward progress had been stopped (which it had been). Thus, there was no fumble and the play was correctly ruled on the field.