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.
A running back would have never had this call, the ball would have been placed on the 6” yard line.
“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.
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.”
Yep, and did #13 actually make a catch right now on that throw by Luck in the AFC game?