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So I haven't seen much discussion of this, but at the end of the Bears game yesterday, on the Denver 2 point try, I'm pretty sure the refs screwed up.

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Sep 16 '19, 09:29

Tell me what I'm missing. Denver decides to go for 2 pt. conversion, gets called for delay of game. Ball moves either back to the 7 yd. line for conversion or 20 for xp. They go for extra point, miss it, but Bears called for offsides. Refs move the ball to the 1 for 2 point conversion. How does that make any sense? Should move from 7 half the distance to the goal to the 3 1/2. At worst it should go back to the 2. How does the Bears penalty negate the existence of the prior penalty? Since the Bears won it became water under the bridge and I've seen no explanation. They had the rules guy on the game discuss it momentarily but I never felt like he gave an explanation other than describing that it happened.

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Apparently, the rules are different for two-point conversions. The ref messed up when he said "half the distance," which is reflexive. - David Sep 16, 09:41 2
- Yeah, they have to write in an exception because you can choose what do to after each try. -- nm - Reagen Sep 16, 10:28 1
  - It’s Denver that got mega-boned anyway. Twice. There was terrible officiating in that game. -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Sep 16, 10:43
I think they get to choose half the distance for either attempt. -- nm - Beaker Sep 16, 09:30 4
- So, they'd then go to the 3.5, no? -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 16, 09:33 3
  - yeah, you'd think...weird -- nm - Beaker Sep 16, 09:54
  - Right. It makes no sense that the prior penalty is simply negated. -- nm - pmb Sep 16, 09:48 1
    - It felt like some kind of school-yard game. "You screwed up! DO OVER!" -- nm - oblique Sep 16, 09:49

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So I haven't seen much discussion of this, but at the end of the Bears game yesterday, on the Denver 2 point try, I'm pretty sure the refs screwed up.

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