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Gene Steratore (Green Bay Packers)
Dana McKenzie (Seattle Seahawks)
Dino Paganelli (Seattle Seahawks)
Barry Anderson (Green Bay Packers)
Rick Patterson (Oakland Raiders)
Jeff Bergman (Cincinnati Bengals)
John McGrath (Arizona Cardinals)
Pete Morelli (Baltimore Ravens)
Mark Pellis (Miami Dolphins)
Dale Shaw (Baltimore Ravens)
Anderson crew (Kansas City Chiefs)
Ruben Fowler (Baltimore Ravens)
Dan Ferrell (Philadelphia Eagles)
Tony Corrente (Philadelphia Eagles)
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Gene Steratore talks it over with Russel Wilson
Head linesman Ed Walker is not being swayed by Pete Carroll
Bill Vinovich measures a close one
Field judge Dave Meslow queried by Bruce Arians
Referee Terry McAulay listens to head coach Ken Wisenhunt
Sarah Thomas with side judge Rob Vernatchi in the foreground.
Perry Paganelli
I’m kind of curious about a call in the Seattle Green Bay game and a similar one in the New York Indianapolis game. In both, there were fumbles, followed by pileups, followed by the referees clearing the pile to see who had the ball; and in each, the referees seemed to ignore whoever had the ball at the bottom of the pile and claimed the other team recovered it. http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/09/seahawks-fumble-recovery-packers-pete-carroll-complain-controversial-justin-britt-russell-wilson-interception
I’m all for the referees not being duped by someone at the bottom of the pile stealing it from another player, but I’m curious as to how this situation is supposed to be handled, and what happened in these games Sunday and Monday.
Please don’t be rude to my friends in those 2″ striped shirts because they never did anything to hurt you or your team
well ok then
Quite simply, the call is made by an official when he can ascertain a player in possession. At that point, anyone can come out of the pile with it, especially since the player in possession doesn’t have to have a death grip on the ball anymore.