The Cotchery fumble play was not able to be challenged because of the way the play was ruled on the field. They decided that Cotchery did not have possession on the fumble recovery. You cannot challenge and say that he did have possession (and thus was down by contact), any more than you can challenge that a play should not have been called dead, but was.
that indeed was one of the most horrendous calls ive seen all year. This refs have to go. Between that and the jay cutler "incomplete pass" against san diego, i refuse to believe that it was merely a bad call, these people must be blind. something has to be done, this shit is too obvious.