Rashard Mendenhall loses yard from game Sunday

[MongerKhan]

PITTSBURGH -- Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall has lost the extra yard he was incorrectly credited with Sunday against the New York Jets, costing him a 100-yard game. The Elias Sports Bureau, the NFL's statisticians, deducted the yard Mendenhall was given on a 9-yard run to the Jets 26 in the second quarter.

There was confusion when the chain crew accidentally began moving the yard markers, so referee Peter Morelli's crew placed the ball at the 25 and signaled a first down.

The Steelers' statisticians then credited Mendenhall with a 10-yard run. Elias changed it to a 9-yard gain and tacked the phantom yard onto a sack of Ben Roethlisberger on the following play.

Mendenhall finished with 99 yards on 17 carries, his second 99-yard game this season.

Pittsburgh Steelers' Rashard Mendenhall officially loses one yard from Jets' game - ESPN

I doubt this helps anyone here..but someone somewhere is very angry right now...and the other guy is jumping for joy.

 

[Birdman]

I saw this on the ESPN updates for my ESPN leagues. It didn't even come close to making a difference for anyone I know, but I imagine it probably swung quite a few playoff matches since most leagues don't use decimal scoring. 100 to 99 isn't just 0.1 in most leagues, it's a full point.

 

[Remote Controller]

...and many leagues have a 100 yard bonus.

 

[MongerKhan]

Merry Christmas for some fantasy players.

 

[Vicious_Machine]

luckily i dont play in any leagues with bonuses for 100 yards; thats really the only way it could make a diff.
But given the numbers of leagues out there; im sure it changed the result for somebody.

What would REALLY suck is if you thought you lost so you did not update this week, and now your in the finals; but you dont even find out until monday