Brown evaded a penalty before the match winner

Brown’s victory over the Panthers was surrounded by controversy after the referees missed a late call that would have prevented the winner of the Cleveland game.

We haven’t even gone through a full week of NFL action and the referees have really affected the outcome of the game.

The Browns and Panthers got together for one of the most interesting matches of Week 1 considering Baker Mayfield’s relationship with the former while playing behind the latter quarterback.

However, a missed call overshadowed the grudge game, allowing Cleveland to win the game 26-24, taking the lead on a 58-yard field goal with eight seconds remaining.

Before the kick, Browns QB Jacoby Brissett appeared to falsify a spike before moving forward in the movement to stop the clock and set up the kick attempt.

Brown should not be able to kick a game winner at the Panthers

The referee stated clearly as day: “The player faked the spike and then threw the spike.”

This is, by definition, against the rules.

As pointed out by Will Brinson, the rule specifically addresses spikes and false elevations:

A passer, after delaying his passes for strategic purposes, is prohibited from throwing the ball to the ground in front of him, even though he is not under pressure from the defensive accelerator.

Brisset held off his pass while the Browns’ future began to run the way. It is indisputable that Cleveland intended to run a fake Spike game.

The Browns should have been penalized for intentional grounding, which would have been a downside loss and a 10-yard penalty. They could have been pushed from the 40-yard line to the 50, for 4’s and 6’s.

The game-winning kick should have been 68 yards. The longest field goal in NFL history was 64 yards.

The referee fundamentally changed the outcome of the game, without a record-breaking field goal or Cleveland Hill Mary’s achievement.

After the match, referee Brad Rogers offered an incoherent explanation for why they ruled the way they did.

“After discussion, we have decided that retracting does not disqualify the midfielder from hitting the ball and we have allowed him to do so as per the rule,” Rogers said.

Except he said the opposite in the announcement of the ruling. to remember? “The player faked the spike and then threw the spike.”

This explanation does not hold but it makes the whole situation look worse.



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