“Sunday Night Football” was wild, folks, and the Colts nearly lost it on what everyone thought was a game-ending fumble from WR Laquon Treadwell. Replay swooped in though, changing the entire outcome by ruling him down by contact and extending the overtime thriller.
The Red Zone Heist That Wasn’t
Man, talk about drama. The Colts had just forced the Chiefs into a field goal to start overtime, giving themselves a shot to march downfield and either tie it up or win it. Daniel Jones launched a deep ball to the veteran Treadwell, getting them into the red zone. It looked like the Chiefs D made a huge play, punching the ball out and recovering it. The crowd, the Chiefs players, everyone went nuts, celebrating what they thought was the game. But the refs were taking another look, and that’s when things got tense.
Replay Said, ‘Nah, Not So Fast!’
So, what happened on the field? Officials had to figure out if Treadwell was down by contact before he coughed up that ball on a punch-out from Nohl Williams. Treadwell definitely got touched by a Chiefs defender while he was trying to bring in the pass. The big question for replay was all about ball control: did he have control before he was touched, or after? If he snagged it after the touch, it’s not a catch and not down by contact. He loses the ball. Simple, right? Except replay officials got it right. They nailed it: Treadwell had control, got touched on the hip by a defender, and then his knee hit the field. The fumble? Yeah, that happened after his knee was already down. So, no fumble. Play nullified. Wild stuff!
That overturned call kept the game alive. The Colts couldn’t seal the deal with a touchdown right there, but they did manage to tie it up with a field goal, giving the ball back to the Chiefs. It was a heart-stopper of a sequence that easily could have gone the other way, but credit to replay for getting it right and keeping that Week 2 battle going! What an intense way to kick off overtime, right?
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Originally reported by The Sporting News.
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