Tomlin’s paraphrased response today to questions about why he didn’t challenge the Deonte TD reception:
“As a black and white principal and strategy when it comes to challenging: we do not challenge scoring plays when playing on the road based on the situation and how officials call the game.
On the road, you don’t get any replay on the field and have very little time. I’m a close observer of how the game is officiated and if the refs think there’s any possibility it was a catch, even with doubts, they will call a catch in that scenario because it is automatically reviewed. We basically accept rulings on the field on scoring plays due to the extremely low percentage of success and risk of losing the timeout and challenge.”
I thought this made a ton of sense and gave me some peace on Mike not challenging. Obviously still not the right call but the overall strategy/mindset of challenging in those plays seems sound.
Thoughts?
I think he’s saying that during away games, the staff on the field doesnt see any replay so they can’t make a good decision.
The question of couse is why they don’t have staff in the booth to handle this