With the Los Angeles Chargers threatening to tie or take the lead against the Washington Football Team on Sunday, Justin Herbert threw a harmless third-quarter incompletion on second-and-goal.
Or so it appeared.
The second-year quarterback took a shotgun snap from the 8-yard-line and looked left to the end zone to tight end Jared Cook. WFT pass rusher Montez Sweat hit Herbert as he released the ball, which landed on the ground in the end zone and bounced out of bounds. Players got ready for third down after the apparent incomplete pass.