With all the rules and officiating talk, I was wondering during the now infamous Oakland-Dallas first down spot, does the nose of the ball just have to breach the very front of the plane of the marker like with the end zone to be a first down?
With all the rules and officiating talk, I was wondering during the now infamous Oakland-Dallas first down spot, does the nose of the ball just have to breach the very front of the plane of the marker like with the end zone to be a first down?
Yes that's correct. Here's a video of Mike pereira discussing this, the Steelers' catch, and the Oakland fumble.
The First down discussion starts at 13:22
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