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Patriots Pool Report

Following the Patriots game against the Baltimore Ravens. Here are the questions asked by Patriots Pool Reporter Mike Reiss and answered by today's referee, Ron Winter

Following the Patriots game against the Baltimore Ravens. Here are the questions asked by Patriots Pool Reporter Mike Reiss and answered by today's referee, Ron Winter (RW).

Q: What were the Ravens challenging on the fake field goal?

RW: The Ravens were challenging that the pass should have been called incomplete.

Q: Why did the illegal motion penalty not override that challenge?

RW: If it had been an incomplete pass, then they would have declined the penalty and they would have taken the ball at the previous spot. Baltimore would have - because it was fourth down [and an] incomplete pass - so they would have gotten the ball 1st-and-10 at the previous spot. So that's why they challenged that, to determine whether or not it was in fact a completed pass. When we found out it was a completed pass, then the illegal motion penalty kicks in. [That] takes it back, so they have to repeat the down .... It was a fourth down. [He] caught the pass [and it was] good for a first down.

Q: So [Baltimore] challenged if [New England] had caught the ball?

RW: That's right.

Q: Should the play have been spotted and measured before the challenge?

RW: There was no indisputable evidence to indicate that the ball was not a first down. We looked at that to see if it was in fact a first down. We couldn't determine that from the replay. So the ruling on the field would stand in that regard.

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