NFL: Turns Out Footballs Do Have Chips Inside For Calculating Accurate Results
The Cincinnati Bengals’ 98-yard fumble return by Sam Hubbard, which came after Bengals linebacker Logan Wilson stripped Tyler Huntley of the ball as the Ravens quarterback was stretching for the game-winning touchdown, wasn’t the only reason the NFL world was buzzing during Sunday night’s game between the Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals. No, something was made public by one of the NFL’s Twitter accounts.
NFL: Turns Out Footballs Do Have Chips Inside For Calculating Accurate Results
Football fans have long complained about how difficult it is to spot balls. Despite the authorities’ best efforts to position themselves optimally, spotting the ball frequently relies on the officials’ visual inspection. When the chains are brought out to measure first downs, that becomes much more annoying.
when NFL accidentally reveals the chip in the ball exists and the entire chain gang measuring process is a charade so they can tweet a single fun fact about a fumble in the Wild Card round pic.twitter.com/n6Y1i7uNdo
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) January 16, 2023
Fans of football have long questioned. Why won’t the league implement chips, which would make correctly identifying the ball much simpler?
In detailing the play, Next Gen Stats — which identifies itself on Twitter as “The official account of @NFL Next Gen Stats” — revealed something else.
The football has a chip in it. NFL placed it!
Wait… The NFL Has Had A Chip In The Football This Whole Time And Never Told Anybody? https://t.co/R4MG9oAhLO pic.twitter.com/YzFV7dtJRe
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) January 16, 2023
In the early stages of the fourth quarter of Sunday’s AFC Wild Card weekend, the Ravens lined up on third-and-goal. Tyler “Snoop” Huntley attempted to go up-and-over the goal line like Trevor Lawrence did on Saturday by running a quarterback sneak.
Short of the end zone, the ball was knocked loose.
Yes, there is a tracking chip in every NFL football.
Here's the deal… https://t.co/4YNeqrzyDj
— ✏️Jacob Feldman (@JacobFeldman4) January 16, 2023
How near came Tyler Huntley to attempting to use the football to cross the plane? The tweet stated that the ball’s closest proximity to the end zone was 0.6 yards from the goal line, according to the football’s chip.
The tweet’s main goal was probably to demonstrate that Huntley was within two feet away from a potential winning touchdown. However, a lot of people focused on something else. Evidently, the football has a chip in it.
NFL: We have a chip in the ball, buts it’s not perfect
Also NFL: We will just use people’s eyeballs, they get all the spots correct
— B1G (@B1G_FAN) January 16, 2023
That sparked a lot of discussion.
“According to the WHAT?” another fan asked, using a photo of a measurement from a game between the Dallas Cowboys and the then Oakland Raiders that included an index card.
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