The NFL has made rules to cover all bases, and in doing so, have a myriad of convoluted interpretations that collectively require more subjectivity. OK, I can read the rule, but the dude took three very clear steps. What if he had taken five, then fell to ground? Or nine, or 12 and then fell. It is a pitiful rule . Kind in the "Can't fix stupid" world. Sooner or later someone has to decide, and having morphoditic rules is the expressway to hell. Maybe it is my Navy cultural heritage. When that sailing ship sailed over the horizon, the only rule was the Captain's, and that all is that mattered. We need Captains out there not mindless Zebras. Oh, I was for GB...no Dallas blue here. Yeah, I also know Karma, but I hate the officials have been so prominent in the post-season.
no dallas fan but ive hated this rule since the beginning. its so fucking bad and against what common sense tells everyone whos watched football more than once knows is a catch. change this gd rule because it took away one of the most athletic catches in postseason history. as he comes down reaching for the goal line after 3 steps, he should be down. this shit is done so the refs can make everything black and white. so in order to make shit easier for them, they kill the spirit of how football was intended. i dont want to hear about the wording of the rule. i want the rule fixed to show when a catch is made, a catch is ruled on the field. as for dallas, live by the terrible call, die by the terrible call. at least we know the games arent rigged for the larger markets.
Let me ask you this, how was the Cobb play a catch and the Bryant one not especially being there was no clear video evidence the ball touched the ground on the Bryant play? To me this is completely inconsistent with a call they made earlier in the same game.
Glad to see the NFL discussion related to this moronic replay officiating. Again...common sense and objective evidence are STILL inconsistent .
because in the nfls great mind the ball can hit the ground and still be controlled and considered a catch. but even if you run the entire first leg of a 4x400 relay with it, you mishandle the handoff, its not a catch. if the ball moves at all when in contact with the ground, party over. thats why.
Remember when the operating interpretive principle was "the ground can't cause a fumble"? Now you need a venn diagram or logic chart to figure out when a catch is a catch, when its not, etc. That was an amazing catch that should have been ruled a completion and forward progress stopped at the point where the ball 1st touched the ground (which was like the 1 foot line). The NFL is being ruined by micro-dissection of instant replays. I hope those refs are banned. I'm glad Dallas lost, but I hate to see any team robbed like that.
You can hate the rule, but not the ruling. They got the call correct. I also hate the rule, but I struggle to think of how you reword teh rule to make it better.
I disagree, you never see the ball hit the ground. You can guess it did, but that's not definitive. The call should not have been reversed, especially being the same thing happened earlier in the game and the catch wasn't reversed. They fucked up. Not to mention some yahoo in New York is the one pulling the strings. Dallas got jobbed. It's not like the Calvin Johnson play because when the ball bounced up Dez still caught it. So if anything it should have been ruled a touchdown because you never see the ball hit the ground.
Incorrect. they will lauded for making the right call. because it was. if the ball moves, its incomplete. because if the ball moves, they assume no control. thats why they wrote it that way. to make it dummy proof. even if it lacks common sense.
