An erroneous application of the NFL’s rule regarding Skycam interference robbed the Jets of an opportunity to score a touchdown.

Facing third and goal from the Dallas seven in the first quarter at MetLife Stadium, Jets quarterback Justin Fields threw a screen pass toward running back Breece Hall. If struck the face mask of Cowboys defensive end Dante Fowler Jr. — and then it hit the Fox Skycam .

The ruling on the field was incomplete pass. Replay assist did not get involved. The Jets did not challenge the ruling. (It is a reviewable, by replay assist and the full replay-review system.)

From the plain language of the rulebook, the proper outcome of a ball hitting the Skycam is a do-over: "[I]f a loose ball in play strikes a video board, guide wire, sky cam, or any other object, the b

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