[ez]

This is the official rule on receptions in the NFL:
“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 after he touches 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.”

[Night Hides Not]

Yeah, yeah, yeah...and there’s no more “tuck rule”, too.

[mtrott]

“If a player goes to the ground in the act of catching a pass”.

He had already made the catch when he hit the ground. He had is solidly in his left hand.

[PROCON]

If he loses control of the ball, and the ball touches the ground before he regains control, the pass is incomplete.

Pass incomplete.

Thanks for posting.

[Varsity Flight]

“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)