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Old Mon Dec 02, 2013, 01:23pm
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Originally Posted by PAUmpire View Post
I read that the chains were reset as they were getting the 3rd down play off.
They were being set as the play started. However, the linesman on that side told Shanahan verbally that it was a first down when Shanahan asked for a measurement.

They screwed up. As soon as Triplette saw the chains moving he had to know there was a problem on that sideline and stopped it. And he obviously did as he began signalling 3rd down to that linesman emphatically.
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