The ruling has nothing to do with the player’s knees. Once the GB player (Jennings) feet came down and he had possession the play is over. I have no dog in this fight either way. That’s just the way I see it. The blatant offensive pass interference by Tate not being called is a joke! I know they allow a lot of contact on these “Hail Mary’ plays, but that was as blatant a OPI call as you will see. That should have negated the whole play anyway!
The play is never over if player is inbounds and not on the ground.You are thinking of plays when the player with ball goes out of bounds standing up. End zone is not out of bounds.
Since Jennings was not on the ground, play was alive. Jennings could have run all the way to Seattle’s end zone with the receiver in tow, and it would have been a GB touchdown.
Since the receiver (Tate) had his hand(s) on the ball when both players hit the ground, the receiver wins the call.