Tramon Williams says NFL admitted mistake on big call that cost Browns

It turns out the Detroit Lions might not have been the only team that potentially saw an outcome of a game turn on a bad call.

Cleveland Browns cornerback Tramon Williams told the Cleveland Plain Dealer that the NFL admitted he was not offsides on a missed field goal by the San Diego Chargers as time expired Sunday. The Browns were penalized, the Chargers got five yards closer and kicker Josh Lambo made a 34-yard kick to win the game 30-27.

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The NFL denied it told the Browns anything about that play, and a league spokesman said the "video we have is inconclusive because we do not have a shot from the line of scrimmage." The Plain Dealer said according to a source the league hadn't even reviewed game film for the Browns as of Wednesday afternoon, when Williams made his claim.

That wasn't Williams' story.

"It came back that I wasn't offside," Williams told Mary Kay Cabot of the Plain Dealer. "I moved when the ball was snapped."

It is nearly impossible to see if Williams was conclusively offsides or not in the all-22 coaches film on NFL.com's Game Pass. Williams is on the far right side of the Browns' defensive formation.

The end zone shot is a little better and seems to show Williams was moving with the snap, but it's really, really close.

And like the missed call in the Seattle Seahawks' win over the Lions, it was important. Instead of going to overtime, the Chargers got the win. The Browns fell to 1-3, a really tough hole to dig out of in the NFL.

"The coaches sent in the tape questioning it, because like I said, it was close and I thought I got a good jump," Williams told the Plain Dealer. "It was time to do or die at the end of the game. I had gathered all the information throughout the game, and I was like 'this is my time.'

"And sure enough, I got a good jump on it."

But whether the NFL did or will admit to a mistake (teams regularly submit questionable calls for review by the league, but the league's answer is supposed to be confidential), or whether there was a mistake or not is ultimately inconsequential. The NFL isn't going to let the Browns travel back to San Diego to play overtime, even if the call was wrong.

"You can't cry about it," said Williams, who reminded the Plain Dealer he was with the Green Bay Packers for the infamous "Fail Mary" game in 2012 against the Seahawks. "There's nothing you can do about it."

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