Not according to the NFL or the Director of Officiating.
And they are impartial? Yeah right.
Not according to the NFL or the Director of Officiating.
The NFL had better take another look at this rule, otherwise they are asking for the same thing to happen again.
The only person on the field that knew that the replay buzzer went off was the referee and he made no attempt to stop play until another play had been run. In any other instance, the fact that another play had been allowed to take place in the game would have made the prior play non-reviewable. Unless the NFL wants to make the replay buzzer loud enough that everyone can hear it, the referee must stop play on the field.
If you allow play to continue without anyone knowing exactly when a replay was called into question, you will have another situation like you had yesterday. The fans will not stand for being kept in the dark while it appears that the referee is making up things as he goes along.
Did you expect the league to not stand behind the ref's decision? That would have really caused them some problems.