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NFL 2014 Divisional |OT| Restore The Roar

SRTtoZ

SRTtoZ

Member
Tawpgun said:
Read the rules. It says you must secure control of the ball before, during, and after it hits the ground.

I get that.

But where is the line drawn between catch in progress and catch is made.

https://vine.co/v/ODZTaF23VwH/embed

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...um=referral&utm_campaign=programming-national


Because in my eyes, he has full control of the ball after he puts his first foot down. He then puts down his second foot, and then the first foot down again. Meaning he had control, wasn't down, and got 3 steps in, All this while he is falling forward, but still on his feet. Then he lunges forward and looses control of the ball when it hits the ground.... To me this seems more like a fumble.

I'm geniunely curious what the cutoff line is for catch in progress.
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Feet don't matter here. He has to control the ball while he falls to the ground and after he falls to the ground. Ball hit ground during fall = incomplete pass.
 
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Ninja Scooter

Member
Tawpgun said:
Read the rules. It says you must secure control of the ball before, during, and after it hits the ground.

I get that.

But where is the line drawn between catch in progress and catch is made.

https://vine.co/v/ODZTaF23VwH/embed

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...um=referral&utm_campaign=programming-national


Because in my eyes, he has full control of the ball after he puts his first foot down. He then puts down his second foot, and then the first foot down again. Meaning he had control, wasn't down, and got 3 steps in, All this while he is falling forward, but still on his feet. Then he lunges forward and looses control of the ball when it hits the ground.... To me this seems more like a fumble.

I'm geniunely curious what the cutoff line is for catch in progress.
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I think it's all considered part of "the process" of the catch. Those steps were taken as he was falling, so the fall is part of the process of the catch and thus, bobbling the ball off the ground makes it an incomplete pass.
 
Vire

Vire

Member
Tawpgun said:
Read the rules. It says you must secure control of the ball before, during, and after it hits the ground.

I get that.

But where is the line drawn between catch in progress and catch is made.

https://vine.co/v/ODZTaF23VwH/embed

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...um=referral&utm_campaign=programming-national


Because in my eyes, he has full control of the ball after he puts his first foot down. He then puts down his second foot, and then the first foot down again. Meaning he had control, wasn't down, and got 3 steps in, All this while he is falling forward, but still on his feet. Then he lunges forward and looses control of the ball when it hits the ground.... To me this seems more like a fumble.

I'm geniunely curious what the cutoff line is for catch in progress.
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If he landed on his feet and took an additional three steps then sure it would be a fumble, except that's not what happened. It was still part of the process of the catch.
 
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Kacar

Member
I think the difference from last weeks debacle to this week is that this is the right call by the rule in the midst of a bizzare/unclear/stupid rule.

Whereas last week was just the wrong call that was even given after the ref had announced it correctly.
 
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misterhektik

Banned
Vire said:
First off, he was down before he even crossed the plane, he was touched and his knee hit the ground at the one, then he slide into the end zone. That would be the equivalent of a guy getting tackled on the ground ,then having him roll four feet forward and taking a screenshot and saying "see" it was a first down!

Second the ball hit the ground. Stop your whining, especially after the charity you received last week.
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andthebeatgoeson

Junior Member
That Brady rule/low hit rule is much more bull shit than that non catch but I'm sure y'all keep talking about that catch. And fuck a receiver who can't control it all the way to the ground. Stop begging for more offense advantage, you pansies.
 
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