The player has to report himself is my understanding so this doesn't sound right. The player reporting themselves is supposed to help make the situation clearer to avoid issues like this.
But it's often on what they themselves saw or after a conference where the other official just told them the number.
Yes in the Philly game Dak told the ref but Edoga himself was just standing there and apparently that wasn't enough. Just like Saturday night I don't think they announced Edoga as eligible which should have been OUR first clue that something was off. But in our case we could logically assume that even though there was no announcement the defense was told. In the Lions case there WAS an announcement which everybody heard.. If it was wrong then Campbell needed to get the attention of the ref and correct it. He didn't which leads me to believe having the wrong guy announced while lining up on one side and the ref on the other side not have the nads to throw the flag was what they were hoping for. They were wrong.
Not really
You people are grasping at straws...What fast one are you people talking about, the refs would be telling the defense anyway... clear video of Goeff saying for 68 to report, 68 said he reported, 70 didn't report, Campbell said he informed the ref prior to the game what they would do for a two point conversion, the ref made an error in designating the number to the defense....The lions did everything right......It's abundently clear the ref screwed up the call by the league immediately demoted them for the playoffs, and the league will probably issue an apology to Detroit this week for the blown call.....that doesn't change the fact that after that call Detroit probably should have taken the extra point and went to overtime.
Dont sidetrack stuff
The ref said 70 reported, that was the error, that's the logic you're missing
