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The Seattle Seahawks tied the Los Angeles Rams in the fourth quarter off one of the strangest plays you’ll ever see … and yet another reminder to play through the whistle.
With Seattle down 30-28 after Sam Darnold’s touchdown pass to A.J. Barner, Jared Verse tipped away Darnold’s screen pass to Zach Charbonnet on the two-point conversion attempt.
At least, that’s what it looked like.
However, replays showed Darnold’s pass was actually a backward pass — also known as a fumble — and because Charbonnet picked the ball up in the end zone and the whistle hadn’t blown, it counts as a two-point conversion. Replays clearly show the ball was traveling backward from between where Darnold released it and Verse tipped it away.
Charbonnet’s seemingly nonchalant action ended up being a huge shift.
The Seahawks were down 30-14 just moments before this touchdown, but Rashid Shaheed took a punt back 58 yards, the Seattle defense forced a three-and-out, and then Darnold led a quick touchdown drive. Then this play happened, completing a wild sequence that tied things up.
The was the last score of the fourth quarter, and the game is now in overtime.
