The Seattle Seahawks and the San Francisco 49ers were being watched by the entire NFL world on Thursday night when an extremely obvious botched call nearly defined the game.
Atlanta Falcons star safety Justin Simmons took to social media to address the egregious missed call.
Atlanta Falcons S Justin Simmons has questions about Seahawks-49ers
In the game between the Seahawks and the 49ers, the Seahawks returner clearly touched the ball which should have caused it to be a live ball. The 49ers challenged it and the call was still made in the Seahawks’ favor.
ROBBED: The Ball Clearly Hits the #Seahawks return man and yet after review the referees said it did not….
🎥: @kevinkruegs @NFL #49ers #FTTB pic.twitter.com/maFzq7WjjQ
— 49ers & NFL News 24/7 (@49ersSportsTalk) October 11, 2024
It was later revealed on the broadcast that the officiating team did not have access to the camera angles that Amazon Prime, the hosts of Thursday Night Football. This lack of camera access seemingly resulted in a botched call.
The NFL replay command center just admitted that they didn’t have access to the camera angles that showed the Seahawks muffing this punt. Bad look for the NFL 😬
— Streameast News Network (@StreameastNews) October 11, 2024
The incident caused Falcons star safety Justin Simmons to call into question the validity of officiating in the NFL. If the officials don’t have the best camera angle to make the call in this instance, how many other poor calls have been made due to extremely solvable issues?
#NFL star Justin Simmons is questioning the leagues refereeing….
“WAIT. There was a challenged replay and the reason they missed the call was because they didn’t have the best video angle…?!? Okay….”
— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) October 11, 2024
The call ended up being a non-factor as the 49ers were able to pull away from the Seahawks regardless. Still, the implications of officials not having access to the best possible camera angles in every single situation does no favors for NFL officials who undergo massive amounts of scrutiny each and every week.
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