Indy/SD

[Warrenkicker]

The ball was tipped at about the 2 or 3 and then tipped about 5 more times between there and where it was intercepted about 4 yards deep in the end zone. The BJ had it as an interception and had his bag down at the spot. The left-side deep wing, S or F, decided it had to have hit the ground and blew it dead just before the intercepting player ran it out of the end zone.

As for the simulating the snap play, I agree with Madden that no player shifted that couldn't shift legally. The problem with Madden's complaint is that he never addressed the fact that just because it is legal to shift, the shift must also be legally done. Indy had three eligibles on the right end of the line. The TE shifted by standing up and back from a three-point stance to a two-point while a back just outside of him shifted sideways and another back outside of both of them shifted forward to be on the line. The group shifting together appeared to all be moving in a direction typical of the ball having been snapped. It did not fool San Diego. But since it was so abrupt, U threw the flag.