PFWA pool report: Why 10-second runoff run not applied

Question: Is this different than what the ruling was a couple of years ago, in the Atlanta-Detroit Week 3 game in 2017, when there was a 10-second runoff that ended the game after a replay review (a third-and-one pass was ruled a touchdown, the ruling was reversed by replay review, and after the reversal, a 10-second runoff ended the game)? How are these situations different, and why was there no runoff in the game today?

Riveron: "On today’s play, there was no change to the ruling on the field, therefore the 10-second runoff does not come into play.

In a situation like the one in 2017, what happens is the ruling on the field of a touchdown essentially kills the clock. Now what we do is, we rule ultimately that it is not a touchdown, we put the ball back in the field of play. So, number one, we change the ruling and number two, we reverse to a running clock. So now the 10-second runoff comes into play.

Question: Can you explain when the decision was made to stop for a review on today’s play? The Lions were rushing to the line to snap the ball and there was a penalty. Why was there a review instead of that penalty being enforced?

Riveron: “I don’t know what the flag was for, but we stopped the play before the next snap took place. Therefore, whatever happens afterwards, unless we have a dead ball personal foul or something like that, we can say it didn’t happen because we stopped the game prior to the next snap.”