Posted on 01/11/2015 1:13:42 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
That's what I thought. But I too, was wrong.
“Yeah I read that, but when does a receiver no longer be a receiver and become a runner. How many steps. How many yards.
It is obvious to a blind man he caught the ball.”
Yes, that is what I thought. It looked to me like he controlled that ball from the time he first got his hands on it. The fact that he maneuvered the ball into his left hand is not the same as bobbling the ball, IMO. He maneuvered the ball into his left hand, then dove for the goal line. It does seem like he was a runner with the ball by the time he hit the turf.
That is regarding receptions.
He had already made the reception and was running with the ball while controlling the ball in one hand.
For what it’s worth dept.
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/wording-nfl-rule-applied-dez-bryants-overturned-catch-28153365
Wording of NFL Rule Applied to Dez Bryant’s Overturned Catch
“If a player goes to the ground in the act of catching a pass (with or without
contact by an opponent), he must maintain control of the ball throughout the
process of contacting the ground, whether in the field of play or the end zone.
If he loses control of the ball, and the ball touches the ground before he regains
control, the pass is incomplete. If he regains control prior to the ball
touching the ground, the pass is complete.”
I love the Green Bay Packers just because they prove a very successful sports franchise can be built without a dime of taxpayer money. It was a real dilemma deciding which team to root for when they were playing our Steelers in a Super Bowl a few years ago.
>>but that’s a stupid rule....<<
So are almost all “roughing the passer rules.” So what?
>>please tell me how it’s a touchdown if he caught the ball at the one inch line and then crossed the plane -but not a catch since he was already in the end zone? <<
The end zone had nothing to do with anything. He never demonstrated complete control through the entirety of the action and when he slapped the ball on the ground at the end to secure it that was an incomplete.
Even upright if you catch a ball then go to the ground and then loose the ball when impacting the ground before you have complete control, it is an incomplete.
Trust me, you don’t want to challenge the rules with me.
The rule has been posted several times in this thread. Yet there are some who still consider it a bad call and always will.
>>Next time we will bring our own referees!<<
Like last game...
It seemed to me like he was running with the ball after making the reception.
I definitely see two steps, possibly three, but definitely too.
I guess the refs are looking at it as he wasn’t running with it but still in the process of receiving it.
Okay all you good folks, I can clear all this Cowboy loss talk up right here. It’s Bush’s fault, there fixed it.
>>The rule has been posted several times in this thread. Yet there are some who still consider it a bad call and always will.<<
They have a name for these people: “sore losers.”
Post #39 shows him falling after he made the catch and then the ball hit the ground.
I would though like to see that play in slo-mo.
Yep, and did #13 actually make a catch right now on that throw by Luck in the AFC game?
>>I guess the refs are looking at it as he wasn’t running with it but still in the process of receiving it.<<
Because that was the situation. The “steps” were stumbles and he still had not secured the ball.
Hawks.
“I guess the refs are looking at it as he wasn’t running with it but still in the process of receiving it.”
Yes, that is clearly the way the refs looked at it. I just think he had control of the ball all the way until he dove for the goal line with the ball in his left hand. He never bobbled it.
“This is the official rule on receptions in the NFL:
“If a player goes to the ground in the act of catching a pass “
“in the act” was already OVER. He already caught it.
GEEK ruling, and ruined the NFC playoffs (and an interesting game)
That may or may not be. But he was on his way down and the rule is clear that if he is falling to the ground he must maintain control when he gets there.
If the receiver falls after the catch, he must hold on to the ball after hitting the ground or it is an incompletion
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