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Shanahan, Triplette, players react to the controversial ending between Giants/Redskins

The Washington Redskins and New York Giants matchup Sunday night ended with a major gaffe by the officials that had both teams and officials talking after the game.

The confusion was caused when referee Jeff Triplette, and his officiating crew, decided to take back a first down awarded to the Redskins after a second down play. Triplette changed the first down call after the play, and declared the next play a fourth down. 

Basically, the RG3 pass attempt on first down, became a third down play, something Coach Shanahan and Robert Griffin III eluded to in their post-game news conference. 

In this screen shot, you can see Triplette saying it's third down, when the rest of his crew, and the teams, thought it was a first down. 

[Courtesy: For The Win]

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