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Former NFL Ref Believes Jaylen Warren Should’ve Been Called For Forward Progress Instead Of Fumble

One former NFL ref believes RB Jaylen Warren’s fourth quarter run should’ve ended in a first down, not a fumble. Warren crucially fumbled the ball on the Washington Commanders 1-yard line trailing 27-21 later in the fourth quarter, the ball ripped away from him as he was going to the ground in a scrum. Washington recovered and took over.

Opining on the play, ex-ref and current CBS rules analyst Gene Steratore thinks there’s a strong case to be made for the refs blowing the whistle for forward progress.

“To me though I felt like Jaylen Warren got held out long enough that you could’ve blown that play dead for forward progress…I felt like there was a time where you could’ve blown that dead for progress,” Steratore said following the play.