Replay Official cannot rule on Possession

[rulesmaven]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

All are reviewed by the replay official, but not all are sent down to the White Hat for an official review.

Ya. Terminology is less than ideal when they say the booth reviews. It looks like this one was sent to the ref. It's kind of a hybrid. The booth essentially upholds plays (by inaction -- not buzzing), but does not reverse them; only the ref can do that. All that said, supposedly reversals are at a very high percentage when the booth buzzes.

The NFL seems to be putting this on one the ref as time goes by. Today, a spokesman is quoted as having said if the call had been interception, the league would not disagree with that either -- there's just not enough evidence to say either way is their position.