David Montgomery blames home-field benefit for 4th-and-goal name

There all the time appears to be some form of controversy with the officiating at Lambeau Discipline, and that was the case within the Bears’ 27-10 loss to the Packers on Sunday evening.

With the Bears trailing 24-10 within the fourth quarter and dealing with fourth-and-goal from the 1-yard line, quarterback Justin Fields took the snap from shotgun and ran it proper up the center. He was dominated in need of the objective line.

However after a more in-depth look, you may see the ball break the airplane. Chicago challenged the decision, however the name stood, and that formally ended any hopes of one other second-half comeback.

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Fields advised reporters that he believed he scored the touchdown. And there was another person who had an excellent view of the play: Operating again David Montgomery, who indicated that home-field may’ve performed a task within the ruling.

“I [saw] a landing,” Montgomery stated, through Sun-Times. “I used to be proper subsequent to the ball. However, I imply, I wouldn’t anticipate something much less. We’re not in Soldier Discipline. Dwelling-field benefit. Subsequent time we’ve simply gotta make sure that we put it in, no query marks.”

Whereas that ruling wasn’t the explanation the Bears misplaced the sport, it was an enormous momentum shift and performed a task within the consequence. If Chicago scores there, it turns into a one-possession sport with lower than seven minutes left.

“We felt we had an excellent have a look at it, so we made the problem,” head coach Matt Eberflus stated. “They thought in any other case, and that’s the way in which it goes typically. However we thought it was one of the best play we had at that time proper there for us to attain. If we rating there, it’s a unique ballgame. It’s a one-score sport at that time, and we nonetheless acquired an opportunity proper there to win.”