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Remember Des Bryant vs Green Bay in the playoffs?

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This is the play where I learned the rule.

Same thing. Catches the ball, going to the ground, reaches for the end zone, ball hits the ground and moves. No catch. Sucks, and it's a bad rule, and this is the problem we get when a catch can't be defined succinctly.



The best angle is at 37 seconds
 
It’s a bad rule period. Should have been changed after that play. And I still don’t think Jesse lost possession of the ball. Just because it moved the slightest bit doesn’t mean he didn’t possess it


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Knee down with solid possession of the ball is a catch. On field of play.

In the end zone is different. But on THIS play it’s in the field of play and a good catch. Then he’s untouched and goes into the end zone as a runner.
 
Skott said:
Knee down with solid possession of the ball is a catch. On field of play.

In the end zone is different. But on THIS play it’s in the field of play and a good catch. Then he’s untouched and goes into the end zone as a runner.
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Exactly my thinking.

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Everybody knows this is a bullshit rule. They keep it around to destroy their own game.
 
I just posted that!


NFL’s officiating supervisor explains overturning Steelers’ touchdown

It’s a rule Cowboys fans know too well, having had a similar catch by Dez Bryant overturned by replay in the 2014 playoffs against the Packers. Lions fans can explain it too, having had a game-winning catch by Calvin Johnson reversed on replay in a game against the Bears in 2010.

“Roethlisberger completes a pass to James, and James is going to the ground as he reaches the goal line,” Riveron said. “That’s the key here. He is going to the ground. By rule, to complete the process of the catch, he must survive the ground. By that, we mean he must maintain control of the football. . . . He does put the ball over the goal line extended.

Once he gets there, he loses control of the football, and then the ball hits the ground. . . .

So therefore, two things occur: He loses control of the football, and the ball touches the ground prior to him regaining control. Therefore, the ruling on the field of a touchdown was changed to an incomplete pass.”


http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...ers-touchdown/
 
Reaching over the goal line... in other words.. possessing enough of the ball, to do so? It took nearly 7 minutes of real time to figure this out. You tell me where the failure is because, that, by any account, is a catch.
 
CoolieMan said:
where on Jesse's catch do you see the ball clearly touch the ground while not in Jesse's control? Indisputably???????
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It clearly rolled on the ground after he lunged out - if he would just caught it and held on he would have slid into the EZ - no drama needed
 
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That's a lie. the ball didn't move until it hit the ground. and that was after catching ball an then make a lounge for the goal line.
 
yeah - it's on my DVR magnified 30X

I can see the ball trapped in the dirt and roll on the ground between his hands,
 
Patriots had four penalty yards today. The last time a Steelers’ opponent had so few? Jacksonville in 2002, who weren’t called for a single penalty that game (and still lost 25-23)
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only one explanation

cheating
 
Spike said:
exactly why it was not a catch, the ball hit the ground and moved
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it was a catch his knee was in contact with the ground and had full control

then he extended to the end zone....

ball broke the plane

sorry that is a catch
 
Spike said:
yeah - it's on my DVR magnified 30X

I can see the ball trapped in the dirt and roll on the ground between his hands,
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well the NFL doesn't use a 30x magnified video in replays.....it is not Indisputable...
 
slashsteel said:
it was a catch his knee was in contact with the ground and had full control

then he extended to the end zone....

ball broke the plane

sorry that is a catch
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NO!

there was NEVER a catch

falling to the ground and securing it is part of the continuation process of making "the catch"


he never completed the process of falling to the ground with the ball secure - it moved when he slammed it into the ground


no catch

goal lines only matter to runners - he was a pass receiver falling to the ground - BIG DIFFERENCE
 
Yeah, i remember the play, everyone does. It was bullshit then and it's still bullshit now.
 
Spike said:
NO!

there was NEVER a catch

falling to the ground and securing it is part of the continuation process of making "the catch"


he never completed the process of falling to the ground with the ball secure - it moved when he slammed it into the ground


no catch

goal lines only matter to runners - he was a pass receiver falling to the ground - BIG DIFFERENCE
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the ball can move and even hit the ground as long as the ground doesn't aid in controlling the ball.....non of the replays show indisputably that the ball touched the ground while not in Jesse's control
 
Spike said:
NO!

there was NEVER a catch

falling to the ground and securing it is part of the continuation process of making "the catch"


he never completed the process of falling to the ground with the ball secure - it moved when he slammed it into the ground


no catch

goal lines only matter to runners - he was a pass receiver falling to the ground - BIG DIFFERENCE
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I disagree. I believe he had possession touched the ground then made a football move extended and broke the plane.
 
**** it

Go Jags

they have a better chance of beating the Pats than the Steelers ever will in Foxboro
 
Spike said:
NO!

there was NEVER a catch

falling to the ground and securing it is part of the continuation process of making "the catch"


he never completed the process of falling to the ground with the ball secure - it moved when he slammed it into the ground


no catch

goal lines only matter to runners - he was a pass receiver falling to the ground - BIG DIFFERENCE
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Answer me this, why did refs on the field call it a catch and td?
 
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