I immediately went to my fantasy league and yes, Hurts got charged for two turnovers on that play. Imagine losing your chance at the FF playoffs by a single point because of it. I’m sure it happened to more than a few teams across the country.
Per NFL rules, the play is blown dead after the 3rd turnover’s recovery. I guess the objective was to prevent teams from fumbling the ball down the field.
I only know because I was researching that play to see if 3 turnovers on a play was the record and found out that it has not happened before and that rule came up noting that per current rules it can never be broken.
We need to find someone who has not heard or seen anything about this play and watch them try to make sense of it from the ESPN.com play-by-play.
(Shotgun) J.Hurts pass short middle intended for A.Brown INTERCEPTED by D.Hand at LAC 17. D.Hand to LAC 24 for 7 yards (W.Shipley). FUMBLES (W.Shipley), RECOVERED by PHI-J.Hurts at LAC 32. J.Hurts to LAC 33 for -1 yards (J.Caldwell). FUMBLES (J.Caldwell), touched at LAC 33, RECOVERED by LAC-T.Dye at LAC 43.