Brilliant catch by Bryant last night. No doubt about it was 100% a catch. Yet the best replay could come up with was play stands, which means inconclusive. Reading the game thread yesterday was a big debate about the catch, and not that anyone didn't think it was a catch, but rather people who just can't understand what a catch in the NFL is.
Is there are way to fix the catch rule in the NFL?
It should be pretty obvious whether a player has possession, and if they juggle it. We shouldn't be going through replay frame by frame to see if at some point there was a 3 degree shift in the angle of the ball in the hand on one frame transition which somehow indicates a lack of control.
They have let our technology overrule our common sense, and ripped the fun out of the game
Instant replay was designed initially to fix officiating mistakes, which marred the game. The Cam Thomas fumble last night was a great example. It should not be some horror show, which it generally is
Is there are way to fix the catch rule in the NFL?
It should be pretty obvious whether a player has possession, and if they juggle it. We shouldn't be going through replay frame by frame to see if at some point there was a 3 degree shift in the angle of the ball in the hand on one frame transition which somehow indicates a lack of control.
They have let our technology overrule our common sense, and ripped the fun out of the game
Instant replay was designed initially to fix officiating mistakes, which marred the game. The Cam Thomas fumble last night was a great example. It should not be some horror show, which it generally is