{"id":118242,"date":"2024-10-25T15:09:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T08:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118242"},"modified":"2024-10-25T15:09:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T08:09:52","slug":"nfl-refs-explain-the-missed-face-mask-penalty-on-game-sealing-play-in-vikings-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118242","title":{"rendered":"NFL Refs Explain the Missed Face-Mask Penalty on Game-Sealing Play in Vikings&#8217; Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"style_hfl21i-o_O-style_uhlm2\"\/>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_bz8raymj4\">NFL official Tra Blake addressed <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_aoxits\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/sam-darnold-couldnt-believe-refs-missed-face-mask-rams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the late-game controversy<\/a> that arose Thursday night from a missed face-mask penalty in the Los Angeles Rams&#8217; 30\u201320 win over the Minnesota Vikings at SoFi Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_ffiyj3rhj\">The Rams secured the victory when linebacker Byron Young sacked Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold in the end zone for a safety with 1:42 remaining. No flag was thrown on the play, but replays revealed that Young clearly grabbed Darnold&#8217;s face mask, which should&#8217;ve resulted in a 15-yard penalty and an automatic first down for Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_6h5q16g76\">&#8220;Well, on that play, the quarterback was facing the opposite direction from me so I did not have a good look at it,&#8221; Blake, who has refereed NFL games since 2020, said after the game to a pool reporter. &#8220;I did not have a good look, and I did not see the face mask being pulled, obviously. The umpire had players between him and the quarterback, so he did not get a look at it. He was blocked out as well. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_ntgcy5xml\">&#8220;So that was the thing, we did not see it so we couldn&#8217;t call it. We couldn&#8217;t see it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_ufaoat6b8\">Darnold <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_aoxits\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/rams-appeared-to-think-sam-darnold-face-mask-was-grabbed-on-game-clinching-play-penalty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was visibly upset after the no-call<\/a>, as was coach Kevin O&#8217;Connell and the rest of the Vikings&#8217; offense. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_26zlk4p18\">&#8220;On the field we definitely did discuss it because they did bring up a concern,&#8221; Blake said. &#8220;We discussed it as a crew, but we weren&#8217;t able to see it on the field so we weren&#8217;t able to make that call.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_6ds8h7l32\">If that flag was thrown, there are no guarantees, of course, that Minnesota would&#8217;ve tied the game up with a touchdown and two-point conversion. But the Vikings deserved to have a shot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/nfl-refs-explain-missed-face-mask-penalty-game-sealing-play-in-vikings-loss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NFL official Tra Blake addressed the late-game controversy that arose Thursday night from a missed face-mask penalty in the Los Angeles Rams&#8217; 30\u201320 win over the Minnesota Vikings at SoFi &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118242\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}