NFL Playoffs - Divisional Round
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If it wasn’t jarred loose first by Milano this would have been a TD. They 100% got it right on replay.
I knew it wasn’t a catch before the replay. Player tells you. He didn’t think it was a catch.
They are saying he didn't have full control of the ball until he was out of bounds.
Fully possessing in bounds is a requirement for a catch (which is why that'd still be a catch if it was anywhere else but the back of the end zone)
Yeah, but watching them try to fix the catch rule every few years and it still sucking is one of my favorite meta-narratives in sport. It’s like the Olympics or the World Cup or something. Remember “makes a football move”? That was fantastic.
feel like sometimes the refs call TD even if not sure just so they can review. And with that thinking makes it easier for them to find “conclusive” evidence to overturn
So when a millimeter of the ball crosses the goal line, it’s a TD no matter what. But when a guy has control and 2 feet in bounds, it may not be a catch.
They need to destroy 80% of the NFL rule book. It’s insane.
They need to destroy 80% of the NFL rule book. It’s insane.
I think Buffalo is going to turn it over and Cincy is going to score again.
Is there a list of what is considered a “football move?” Is getting your feet in bounds a football move?
The snow on the field makes the "survive the ground" rule more rigorous. Players will now spend 2-4 seconds sliding along the ground, instead of coming quickly to a stop, and so there are more chances for them to lose control momentarily.
In this case the official who signalled TD could not see that the ball was lying on the receiver's stomach before it was fully secured OOB.
Yep. That should be a catch as soon as he secures it in his hands. The over-litigation of the game sucks the joy out of it and is making me less of a fan.
That was ridiculous.
If the NFL ever gets some robot system, it should be called "zapruder."
Writing a catch rule that can be consistently enforced - and ‘ask 50 people in a bar’ isn’t that - is not easy.
The ball was jarred loose during the priciest of getting both feet down. Once he regained possession then he now has to survive the ground. Milano is the one who made the play there.
I get why they changed the call. My point is, if you show that play to someone who knows the basics of football but doesn’t know the specific catch rule, 100% of them are going to say that’s a catch.
I hate the end zone reception rules. A run just needs the tip of the football to break the plane and it’s a touchdown. It can be fumbled right after and the TD stands. A reception requires so much more. Chase caught it with two feet in the end zone, but he has to control it to the ground. Makes no sense to me.
The NFL has somehow come full circle and created a rules structure that's worse than the era when Calvin Johnson got jobbed. Remarkable.
Almost seems like the confusion about what constitutes a catch is perceived as a net benefit for the NFL.
See Bell should have ridden him to the ground out of bounds on the 3rd down play to force the ball out.
That's kind of where I'm at. I acknowledge that by the rules they called what they did, but I propose the end zone is treated differently than a normal sideline judgment based on your first point. You literally possess the ball for a millisecond with your feet down and it is good, in my future state.
Right, but he also looked down and made an effort to get his feet in bounds when he regained possession. I feel like a toe tap is a football move by layman’s terms, but maybe not by the NFL rulebook.
How long before Tony Romo says excitedly “and we have a football game here folks!” after Buffalo scores?
Didn’t do the gritty. As soon as he stood up, I knew it was not a catch. I even posted it before the replay.
This was before the replay:
Why would a catch in the end zone be different than a catch in the field of play? Does this “millisecond” rule apply to interceptions by the defense in the end zone?
I also think there’s an element - obviously among some hardcore fans who know the rules - of not liking the rule and ascribing confusion to where there is really disagreement with the rule.
I’m not convinced that someone involved in making the replay decision isn’t listening to what Gene says and takes that into account when making a ruling.