“When his knee hits he is on the ground, and the catch is over. The lunge is not part of the catch and the TD was scored the second he broke the plane.”
That is wrong. First off, he had not been touched by the defense, so he was NOT down when his knee hit. But that is irrelevant to a legal catch.
When you are falling/diving on the catch, you MUST maintain possession all the way through the catch/roll/contact with the ground. He didn’t.
That rule was changed a few years ago. Dez Bryant of Dallas had a near identical type of play a few years ago.
That rule was changed a few years ago. Dez Bryant of Dallas had a near identical type of play a few years ago.
Actually, that rule was in place for a long time. They just changed some wording after the Dez Bryant play, affecting portions that weren't a factor in this play, like defining "football move".