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"We're inside of two minutes, so all reviews are initiated by either the replay official at the stadium or us here in New York," NFL Senior Vice President of Officiating Al Riveron told pool reporter Joe Reedy afterward.
"The replay official saw enough to stop the game because he thought that the offensive player had control, two feet down, and once he gains possession of the ball, that play is over. And he did, it was a great stoppage by the replay official. But we looked at it, control, two feet down, therefore he has possession of the football. The play is over and we put the ball on the one-yard line."
So that meant Los Angeles needed to go 99 yards with no timeouts to win instead of 80.
"Great effort by JJ," Rhule said.
Between Jansen's hustle and kicker Joey Slye, it was a strong day for Panthers' special teams. While Slye's one extra point attempt was blocked, he nailed all five of his field goals from 29, 24, 30, 22, and 31 yards making him a solid NFC Special Teams Player of the Week candidate.
"For me to be able to come out and execute on each kick that we were asked on today was a good all-around experience," said Slye, who fell one field goal short of a single-game franchise record set by John Kasay in 2004.
Slye also added to his reputation as a "swole" kicker by making a special teams tackle on a kickoff. He wasn't happy the kick didn't end up as a touchback, so he took out his frustration on Los Angeles' returner, Joe Reed.