Posted on 12/17/2017 5:14:29 PM PST by a little elbow grease
He was not touched by the defense so he could walk run or crawl until he was touched down.
I did see this in your earlier post. If this is the gist of your long post, then I am glad I didn't take the time to read. Microsoft and Verizon provide services I need. The NFL is entertainment. It provides nothing that I need. I have unlimited avenues for entertainment so can happily eliminate the NFL from my list of choices.
Here is a link to a previous non-catch that was equally as consequential. Megaton, caught a TD, went to the ground and left the ball there. Incomplete pass.
I remember the first time I heard that call, it was against Megatron, against the Bears, and it cost the Lions the game. Hated that rule, ever since.
Sorry...but the nfl has become about politics. Expect comments.
Okay. People who are damning the NFL willingly usually give their money to companies like Microsoft and Verizon (just to name two) who give more than 10 times the money the NFL has even pledged to entities that want do destroy what is America.
Your money is providing direct operational funding to anti-American entities if you use Microsoft. And ten times the amount that has even been “pledged” by the NFL.
We can understand your pain. Did you see the video review in the Green Bay/Carolina game? The video officials called a touchdown for a player who juggled the ball and then fell on his can on the end zone line. After multiple replays, the officials called it a good touchdown because his butt was in bounds for a nanosecond.
Yes I do!
So you are fine with those companies giving aid to people who want America to know it to end?
Surely, as a conservative, you know there are options out there rather than funding our enemies, right?
Beat me to it.
We’re on Free Republic so it’s politics...I can’t believe you FReepers are still watching anti-American NFL football...
Steelers Fans, this is how Dallas Cowboys fans felt after the same sort of shennangans ended the season last year. Dez caught the ball, and it was a touchdown.
After reviewing the play, it should be down at the 1/2 yard line.
I knew you could do it. I read the entire post! ;)
... and the Raiders are making the Cowboys look good ...
It is very easy to virtue signal when one doesn’t have to make any sacrifices or inconveniences.
Yep...You’re right.
It just looked like he had possession go the ball and I would have called him down at the 1-yard line, and thus ineligible to advance the ball any further.
The ruling on the field was correct according to the rules agreed to before the game started...
Robbed! Aaarrgh!
Nope. The expression 'to the ground' means all the way to the ground, throughout the process of the catch. The ball came loose during his landing, and he therefore did not complete the catch.
To nit pick a bit, how can we actually know if he had control? That's why the 'football move' rule exists. That's how you transition to being a runner, which is simply the process of establishing possession. The rules are clear, like them or not, and EVERY team gets bad breaks now and again. No point in running around with a chip on your shoulder because of the rules that apply to everybody.
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