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Old 12-18-2017, 05:25 PM   #19
MorseMoose
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Originally Posted by Cobra Mgr View Post
There is (at least should be) a diff between going to the ground like Thelien/Dez & diving to cross the plane. James made a conscious attempt to advance the ball after catching the ball. That is control. Whether the NFL rulebook wants to acknowledge it or not. At some point, common sense has to be allowed for.
What if, in that conscious effort of extending the ball forward, a defensive player had swatted the ball out? Would that have then been a fumble?
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