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I like the point about the inadvertant whistle. It seems to me that the whistle was simply blown too soon. If you can indeed award the defender the interception after review, then he has just been robbed, by the whistle, of either a touchdown or at the very least any yardage he would've gained as he was not down by contact and thus should've been able to advance the ball.
The basic issue that had me confused was that you have two options upon reviewing a play: let the play stand, or reverse it. The play was ruled an incomplete pass, so if you let it stand, it remains an incomplete pass and Atlanta keeps the ball. If the ruling is reversed, then the call goes from incomplete pass to complete pass (which of course it wasn't in this case). I could understand if Seattle was initially awarded an interception by the officials on the field, then it was taken away upon review. But there was no ruling of an interception on the play. It just didn't make sense to me that you could have a third option upon review and award an interception out of thin air, especially when the play was blown dead.
I need to stop thinking about this for the evening, I'm getting a headache. Thanks for the replies!
[Edited by srvbob on Jan 3rd, 2005 at 01:46 AM]
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