The referees in Monday night’s Philadelphia Eagles-Seattle Seahawks game missed what should have been an intentional grounding penalty on Carson Wentz.
Down 14-0 at home with just over two minutes remaining in the first half, the Eagles had the ball. Wentz fumbled a snap and was running around to avoid being tackled for a huge loss. He waited until he scrambled out of the pocket before launching the ball out of bounds. His pass was ruled incomplete, but it should have been intentional grounding. Why? Because his pass did not make it back to the line of scrimmage.
Those watching the game noticed immediately that a penalty should have been called and couldn’t believe the refs missed it.
The blown call had serious consequences. Instead of moving the Eagles back toward midfield, all they lost was a down. They ended up scoring a touchdown on the drive, but they missed the extra point to enter halftime down 14-6.
However, of all NFL teams, the Seahawks should probably be the last ones to complain about a bad call by the refs.
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