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Ball breaks plane...touchdown! End. Done. Over.
The idiot rules, that's within the NFL, are ridiculous. Here's how you fix the "catch" rule. If ball breaks plane of goalline, touchdown! No "to the ground", no "control to the ground", no "must follow thru!"
If you extend, reach, run over, fly over, etc. Ball touches/breaks plane, Touchdown! End. Done. Over. And no, I am not a Steelers fan. Far, far from it. |
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I personally thought today's call was worse. Thielen was falling down & hit the ground OB before demonstrating control.
Jesse James caught it, landed 2 feet & a knee & then lunged w/the ball. Demonstrating control. I had always thought it was explained that you had to catch it, land & then make a "football move". James executed all three. The 2nd point I have is I saw no conclusive evidence the ball ever hit the ground. So regardless of control or not, I don't see any evidence where it could be overturned.
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MorseMoose, I didnt see the Vikings game, so I am unaware of what you are talking about. I quit the NFL a few years ago, but will occasionally peek in to see what's happening. Same cr*p, different day, it seems.
The whole endzone thing, to me, is like if a runner wins a marathon and he crosses the ribbon/finish line. Sometimes, a runner will finish a marathon and then take a knee or lay on their back from being tired or catching their breath, etc. If the NFL had a runner's marathon, they would have a rule that you have to cross the finish line AND stay on your feet or you didn't actually finish. If you cross it and take a knee or lay down, you didn't "finish" the finish. Kind of a weird way to put it, I guess, but I believe you all will get the point. |
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NFL makes up the rules as they go along. Just when you think you've seen it all, they start using index cards to measure for 1st downs.
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Yeah, Steelers got completely hosed. That was a horrible call. I don't even think a Patriots fan can defend that. NFL outsmarts itself again.
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And something else that came into my mind last night......If the Pats defender managed to tag him before he broke the plane, with James' knee on the ground, would that have been considered a tackle at that point? Or would he have still needed to "complete the process" across the goal line? If so, and the ball never budged, would it have then been a TD because he the play wasn't over until he landed in the end zone?
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He clearly is what the NFL calls "going to the ground"
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If he did that exact thing simply going for a first down, he would not get a first down. It would be ruled incomplete.
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Would that have been a complete pass had he not been attempting to cross the goal line? No.
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Doubtful, defenders have been separating receiver from the ball for years. They would rule he did not make a "football move" and establish himself as a runner.
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