Posted on 12/17/2017 5:14:29 PM PST by a little elbow grease
As a Steeler fan who just endured that game:
I only have one thing to say about the ending of that game:
As I understand the rule of a “pass catch” it is when a player 1. --- takes possession of the thrown ball , THEN 2. ---- makes what they call “a football move”. That is what determines a catch. 1 and 2.
(This rule I believe was first employed just a few years ago concerning a catch and a subsequent fumble. A catch was determined a catch if the receiver took control of the ball and then made “a football move” before he may fumble it when hit.) --- a pretty crappy rule no matter what.
Well……….. our Steeler player definitely 1. -- caught that ball and had complete control over it, then 2. --- reached out (IN “A FOOTBALL MOVE”)…… never having been touched by the other team (not that that is at all relevant) …….he reached over the goal line and as the ball was in his grasp the ball hit the ground slightly but the ball was still in his grasp.
That is a CERTAIN CATCH AND TOUCHDOWN because he took control of the ball then (reached over the goal line—“a football move”) with the ball and kept control never having been touched by the opponent. Touchdown.
1.--- It was a completed pass THEN 2. --- he made “a football move” reaching into the end zone -- that term is in the rule book. He landed in the end zone keeping control of the ball AFTER THE CATCH AND “THE FOOTBALL MOVE”. (Even if he “bobbled” the ball slightly, he had made a catch AND made that required "football move" as he reached over the goal line. ) Total horsesh*t call.
If the NFL had any balls (that aren’t deflated), they would admit they made a HUGE MISTAKE for the owner of the Patriots, Robert Kraft.
Total BS
The Steelers outplayed those New England characters most of the night, except for that beastly tight end of theirs.
Well……… we’ll see them later this year, and I don’t care where that game will be played, we may have Antonio Brown back for the entire game then.
The Patriots are going down the next time, no matter where it is played. (jmo)
Thanks for your honesty.
As I said above, I'm a Pats fan, but this is an interesting call.
On the one hand, if he had been going to the sideline, caught the ball with apparent control, gotten his knee down and then rolled out of bounds, losing the ball against the ground in the process, it would have been an incomplete pass.
But, if he had been running towards the goal line, extended his hand as he was going down, and then lost the ball after it crossed the plane, it would have been a touchdown, and not a fumble.
Which of these two cases did this play most closely resemble? Does going through the plane of the goal end the comparison with the incomplete pass? I dunno... they'll be talking about this one for a while. I'm glad it wasn't in a post-season game, even if the outcome favored my team. Actually, I think the Steelers outplayed the Pats for the most part, and deserved to win.
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LOL... do you think that ball hit the ground?
What’s painful s watching players kneel during anthem.
How many Steelers players knelt today?
One correction....TWO BAD CALLS. That last interception was due to pass interference.
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You're basically totally correct as I understand it.
But seriously, I've been watching football seriously since the mid-50's, and that was a catch if I ever saw one. He had COMPLETE control.
It was bobbled against the ground... but he had crossed the plane. I guess they decided that the pass-catching completion rules dominated the passing the goal-line plane rule.
Even the announcers were surprised. Romo said, “Oh... that’s what they’re discussing on the review”, after first saying “Touchdown!”.
I think it was a catch, but not a touchdown. He had full control when his knee hit the ground. Ball on the 1-yard line.
I’m a NE fan and like the Steelers, but there were robbed. I cannot understand how that was not a catch and crossed the end zone with control of the ball.
I hate the Steelers but must admit that the call at the end of the game was complete BS. At any other level of football (Pee wee to college) that would have been a touchdown. The NFL continues to be stupid in so many ways.
What 19 said.
Steeler-nation should be more bent about Rothliesberger throwing into triple coverage.
Yep. Bad call or not, the interception, cost them the game.
And remember, Goodell works for Kraft. Patriots will always have the advantage under Goodell.
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Yes..... thank you. As I mentioned in my initial post, that rule is relatively new (as you said) and totally insane.
But even with it, if you read the damn rule, he still should have been rewarded the TD.
Oh well.... Steelers/Patriots again most likely later this year.
How can you say that after Deflate-Gate?
Very tough break for the Steelers, but reversing the call from touchdown to incomplete pass was correct.
Even the announcers initially got it wrong and were madly backpedaling while the play was being reviewed. The officials reviewing the play took a long time just to make sure they made the right decision on the review because it was potentially the game deciding play. Tough break, but the pass was incomplete.
LOL............ yes lots of BS with the NFL these days.
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Every “football move” is unique, thus this is nonsense. Stop crying.
Control of the ball plus two feet inbounds defines a catch. There is nothing else, or we would have endless official reviews (if we don’t already).
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And why should anyone care about what goes on in the Nutskell Foozbell League?
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