Observed on March 2 in Indiana.

“I’m Ron Francis, and I approve this message.”

It happened on a play that was called a fumble, but was overturned by instant replay. There was so little time left that the team who recovered the fumble could have run out the clock and won. But given a second chance, the other team scored and then won in overtime.

One weird rule that actually went away is the "tuck rule". If a quarterback decided not to throw and he was tucking the ball back into his body and dropped it, it was an incomplete pass, not a fumble. They got rid of it after it altered the outcome of a playoff game after the 2001 season.

I mean, I’m happy for @matthewsp.bsky.social personally, but disappointed globally for the comedy (barely) avoided.

Update: Nick Sirianni mismanaging the Eagles into a 23-22 loss would break the comedy scale.