If anyone saw the Giants - Redskins Game I have the following question. Why was the replay allowed after a play?

In watching the game, it appeared at least to me that Jeff George spiked the ball to stop the clock prior to the referee stopping play and going to the replay booth.

Neither Pat Summerall or John Madden commented on this. I was under the assumption that once there was a play, no further replay could be reviewed. Comments Please

Pete Booth

I didn't see the game but I'm assuming that this happened
within 2 minutes of the half (It's not too common for a QB
to spike the ball to conserve time outside of 2 min)

Within 2 minutes to the half the replay official, not the
coaches, has control of signaling to the referee that he
must review the play. Since it sounds as if Washington was
trying to hurry up and conserve time, the replay booth
had an abreviated review and signaled to the referee. The
referee probably determined that the signal came just
before the snap and proceded with the review of the
previous play because he did not have enough time to
react and kill the play.

Just guessing ...

Yep
 

That is what happened. The referee even went back and put time on the clock.