"The ball ever so briefly crossed the plane."
The NFL's Competition Committee needs to change this rule of the ball breaking the plane constitutes a TD. Bring back the days when the football had to physically end up in the endzone. This would enable the defense to use the sidelines for what it was intended...as the 12th defensive player. Instant replays seem to revolve around whether the ball had broken the plane.
The whole ball or just part of the ball? You see where I'm going here, right?
I would also do away with the "ground can't cause a fumble" rule. If you don't have the ball put away...tough.
Part of the problem is that the NFL rules are so subject to interpretation. Was his knee down before the ball came out, let's go to the instant replay. That's garbage.