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Originally Posted by MD Longhorn
It is true that if it is ruled on the field that forward progress is stopped, that cannot be overturned by review...
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Which may be why "down by contact" was what was announced as "ruled on the field."
It's pretty obvious from the overhead camera angle that the ball was ripped out by #52 *after* FP had been stopped & the ball carrier was being pushed backward.
If the on-field officials weren't really sure when the ball was ripped out and they wanted IR to review, they *couldn't* (by rule) say that they had him down by FP.