BoBlake
Well-Known Member
One in which the ball never touches the ground.
Or one where the receiver has enough of a grip on the ball that the ground doesn't cause it doesn't pop loose and require him to catch it again on his back.
One in which the ball never touches the ground.
I dont even think it is a bad rule. A WR should have to secure the football when he goes to the ground. If you take this whole process rule out, it would leave way too much gray area that would force refs to make a subjective call on whether a WR did or didn't have possession before the WR hit the ground.
Here is a link to the NFL rule book. http://static.nfl.com/static/conten...pdfs/11_Rule8_ForwardPass_BackPass_Fumble.pdf
If a player goes to the ground in the act of catching a pass (with or without contact by an opponent), he must maintain control of the ball throughout the process of contacting the ground, whether in the field of play or the end zone. If he loses control of the ball, and the ball touches the ground before he regains control, the pass is incomplete. If he regains control prior to the ball touching the ground, the pass is complete.
They added the red to the rule book for just this situation.
The irony is not lost on Lions fans!
But the fact remains he took two steps after contact with the Packer Defender and even got his off hand down before the elbow and ball came down. At some point you have to say he has control. The biggest fact is they ruled the ball a catch on the field, the rest is judgement so how do you overturn the field call? I didn't see overwhelming evidence it could go either way.
It was the right call.
You can argue it's a stupid rule but the refs still have to enforce it. If Jerruh wants to change it, he can bring it up at the competition meeting in May.
The ground caused the ball to come loose.
Sucks when the refs over turn a call so late in the game and you don't have time to recover, doesn't it?
If you're unhappy with the call - fill out a form and get in line behind the Lions fans.
Here is a link to the NFL rule book. http://static.nfl.com/static/conten...pdfs/11_Rule8_ForwardPass_BackPass_Fumble.pdf
If a player goes to the ground in the act of catching a pass (with or without contact by an opponent), he must maintain control of the ball throughout the process of contacting the ground, whether in the field of play or the end zone. If he loses control of the ball, and the ball touches the ground before he regains control, the pass is incomplete. If he regains control prior to the ball touching the ground, the pass is complete.
They added the red to the rule book for just this situation.
He has no reason to complain either. His linemen cut block on every play AND they tripped our WR in Pittsburgh, then ran up his back - no flag for DPI.John Harbaugh is filling out forms as we speak.
But does blue only count when red takes place? because red never happened?
in my eyes the red is the details of the blue rule.
It was the correct call based on the rules. And I'm not sure that it should have been ruled a catch regardless. Those 3 steps were not in control
really the only time there was no control was when he hit the ground. he caught it with both hands, had complete control of it while taking 3 steps & transferring it to his left hand. and according to the rules the ground can not cause a fumble. based on their rules he was down by contact with his left knee on the ground and was stretching for the goalline
Look, the rule sucks. No one is going to argue this. But the call was, unfortunately, 100% correct.
Hey the Hawks fans should be pissed at the packer fans on this board.
The Pack fans were very cool last week and proved that a lot Hawk fans just seem to be suffering from a inferiority complex.
really the only time there was no control was when he hit the ground. he caught it with both hands, had complete control of it while taking 3 steps & transferring it to his left hand. and according to the rules the ground can not cause a fumble. based on their rules he was down by contact with his left knee on the ground and was stretching for the goalline
really the only time there was no control was when he hit the ground. he caught it with both hands, had complete control of it while taking 3 steps & transferring it to his left hand. and according to the rules the ground can not cause a fumble. based on their rules he was down by contact with his left knee on the ground and was stretching for the goalline