‘tnf’ Announcers Couldn’t Believe Bad Tripping Penalty That Cost Dolphins 50 Yards

The Dolphins and Ravens some came into their Week 9 matchup pinch 2 wins arsenic they effort to salvage their seasons. Neither squad was successful immoderate position to person a bad telephone spell against them, but that's precisely what happened to Miami during nan 2nd quarter.

Trailing 14–3, Tua Tagovailoa dropped backmost to walk and threw a shot heavy down nan correct sideline to Jaylen Waddle. The wide receiver made a awesome leaping drawback and took a good, clean, difficult deed but held onto nan ball. It should person been a awesome highlight. Instead, it was wiped retired by a horrendous tripping telephone that everyone disagreed with.

The Dolphins, their fans, announcers Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit and moreover Prime's rules master Terry McAulay each voiced their displeasure arsenic referee Scott Novak announced nan penalty.

"No, Kirk, it's not a foul," said McAulay earlier later adding matter-of-factly, "It's an incorrect call."

The punishment was called connected Ollie Gordon II and he sewage an earful from moving backs coach Eric Studesville arsenic he walked disconnected nan field. Gordon, who was understandably upset aft getting yelled astatine for thing he didn't moreover do, past slammed his helmet and had to beryllium calmed down by teammates.

What should person been first-and-10 connected nan Ravens' 7-yard statement aft a 36-yard summation turned into second-and-16 connected nan Dolphins' 42. The telephone costs nan Dolphins much than half of a field's worthy of yardage.

They punted 2 plays later.

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