Should this call have been overturned? Read on... [apologies in advance for crappy pictures, my cell phone is garbage]



Presnap you can see where the overhead camera is. It is in the process of moving even farther away from the line of scrimmage.



You can see the wire holding the camera in the top right hand corner of the screen. The play has already started as well. The camera has not returned and is still off screen way behind the line of scrimmage. Estimate appx. 10-15 yards.



This is likely when Elliot was reaching. It was very hard to tell when replaying the play when exactly he reached. But it was either here or sooner. You can see the overhead cam is still quite a ways behind the 1st down marker. The angle could definitely skew what we see on the next shot.



Which is the overhead shot during the reach. It seems obvious he gained the 1st down but with the angle we are now aware of from the last shot, might be inconclusive.


Only now does the overhead cam appear to be even with the line of scrimmage.

What do you think, rats? Good call? Bad call? Inconclusive?

Special thanks to whoever in the gameday thread mentioned the camera was really far back. I went back to look and saw it as well and took some pictures.