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To: demshateGod
He took two steps before falling.

That matters not.

WHAT IS A CATCH?
Observers too often are fooled by a receiver having two feet down or what seems like possession for an eternity. If the receiver falls after the catch, he must hold on to the ball after hitting the ground or it is an incompletion.
~Mike Pereira, the former NFL VP of officiating

http://nypost.com/2011/09/07/nfl-official-explains-tough-rules/

You may not like the rule, but it is a rule and thus, it was a good call.

228 posted on 01/12/2015 10:36:15 AM PST by South40 (Hillary Clinton was a "great secretary of state". - Texas Governor Rick Perry)
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To: South40
he must hold on to the ball after hitting the ground or it is an incompletion.~

I have probably seen at least a 100 cases where refs have ruled "non-fumble" when down by contact after a reception. Doesn't that seem contradictory?

231 posted on 01/12/2015 10:48:00 AM PST by catfish1957 (Everything I needed to know about Islam was written on 11 Sep 2001)
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