by Ryan Wilson
Sorting the Sunday Pile looks back at the NFL weekend that was. It's also an unofficial Mittens blog.
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As you've probably seen by now, San Diego had time to run one offensive play after Pittsburgh took the one-point lead. With the ball deep in their territory and only five seconds on the clock, the Chargers dusted off the ol' "lateral and hope." LaDainian Tomlinson caught a short pass from Philip Rivers, tried to lateral it to Chris Chambers -- as it turned out, it was an illegal forward pass -- who then attempted to lateral it to either Marcus McNeill or Rivers. I couldn't tell because Troy Polamalu came out of nowhere, knocked the ball down before scooping it up and rumbling into the end zone as time expired.
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That makes the final 17-10, right? Well, according to the rules, yes. But according to Scott Green, the referee, no, no it doesn't.
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