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To: Perdogg

The operative term being "with possession" when receiving a catch and falling down a player is not "with possession" until they finish falling down and still holding onto the ball. If he had two steps and THEN started falling (like from getting hit) it would have been a completion, but he was falling before the ball touched him that meant the fall rule applied, and the fall rule says you have to keep holding onto the ball until you fall.


265 posted on 01/07/2006 4:55:40 PM PST by discostu (a time when families gather together, don't talk, and watch football... good times)
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To: discostu

That means a running back who crosses the goal line can theorically fumble after scoring. I saw two steps then the knee hit then the ball came out.


274 posted on 01/07/2006 4:58:36 PM PST by Perdogg ("Facts are stupid things." - President Ronald Wilson Reagan)
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