I see everybody bitching about the fumble. Sanchez released the ball at the 20 yard line. It landed at the 19.5. A backwards pass is a fumble....not an incomplete pass. The announcers/refs didn't explain it right, but the call was right. Sucks....but true.
You're wrong. The ball would not have gone backward had his arm not been hit. The only reason it went backward is because the defender hit the ball.
If his arm was going forward and the ball was tipped, it's an incomplete pass, even if it goes backwards; if it was going forward and it wasn't (only the arm was hit) it would be a fumble. To be honest, I don't remember which it was any more. There's no question that the arm was going forward, however, so Nantz and Simms were wrong, something I assume we all agree on.
Looked like a fumble to me. The real question is why the fuck were we throwing it on 3rd and 17 from our 20 yard line
Yes, this is true. I thought I remembered the defender at least barely making contact with the ball and would then be an incomplete pass.
It hit his helmet. He threw it right into his own helmet after his arm was hit. That was enough to deflect the ball.
And a backward pass is a fumble, regardless of what happens to his arm. It wasn't, though. It hit his helmet.
If that's true and it landed backwards, it's a fumble. All part of a very substandard game for the OL, I'm afraid.
When it hit the helmet, the ball was still in his hand. It can only be tipped when the ball leaves the hand. It was a fumble. Get over it ppl.
Just rewatched all the replays. It may have contacted the defenders helmet, but if it did it was before the ball left his hand.
I thought it was a fumble, although the elbow started moving forward before the hit, his hand and ball didn't.
the officiating was terrible the entire game. holding all over the field but nothing called. especially with harrison throwing an elbow in on sanchez. this was another bad call ball was deflecting and it ended up making the game.
No, he's right. The ball started coming out of Sanchez's hand as it hit Taylor's helmet. Given that Taylor's helmet was behind Mark Sanchez and the point of the ball hit Taylor's helmet, there is no way that the pass was a forward pass. Sucks that it happened but it was a fumble, not a forward pass. Pittsburgh delenda est.
U have no idea what the rules are. Even if its a pass, it was a backward pass, making it a live ball.
