Greg Jennings

[Patler]

As inconsistent this year as Crosby????

Watched the play and the replay over and over on the challenged ruling of the almost TD in the first quarter, Personally, I agree with BB. I have no idea how that was not a touchdown. There were surely 2, and maybe 3 solid foot placements on the turf after the catch and before the ball was knocked loose. Should have been a TD.

BUT......Jennings should have just held onto the dang thing and avoided all the controversy. An elite receiver would have held on. A perfect throw by Rodgers deserved more than that.

[Brando19]

Re: Greg Jennings

As inconsistent this year as Crosby????

Watched the play and the replay over and over on the challenged ruling of the almost TD in the first quarter, Personally, I agree with BB. I have no idea how that was not a touchdown. There were surely 2, and maybe 3 solid foot placements on the turf after the catch and before the ball was knocked loose. Should have been a TD.

BUT......Jennings should have just held onto the dang thing and avoided all the controversy. An elite receiver would have held on. A perfect throw by Rodgers deserved more than that.

Didn't he get it stripped away when he was stepping out of the back of the end zone?

[Willard]

Re: Greg Jennings

As inconsistent this year as Crosby????

Watched the play and the replay over and over on the challenged ruling of the almost TD in the first quarter, Personally, I agree with BB. I have no idea how that was not a touchdown. There were surely 2, and maybe 3 solid foot placements on the turf after the catch and before the ball was knocked loose. Should have been a TD.

BUT......Jennings should have just held onto the dang thing and avoided all the controversy. An elite receiver would have held on. A perfect throw by Rodgers deserved more than that.

Not quite as glaringly inconsistent as Crosby, but I agree Jennings is not having a great season. He should hold on to the ball --but that was clearly a TD reception. He got robbed by the Ref.

The Pack came out ahead on some other bad calls by the officials: the non-call on Hawk's PI, and the late hit on Grant running along the sidelines. Both of those calls were questionable...not that I'm complaining.

[ThunderDan]

Re: Greg Jennings

As inconsistent this year as Crosby????

Watched the play and the replay over and over on the challenged ruling of the almost TD in the first quarter, Personally, I agree with BB. I have no idea how that was not a touchdown. There were surely 2, and maybe 3 solid foot placements on the turf after the catch and before the ball was knocked loose. Should have been a TD.

BUT......Jennings should have just held onto the dang thing and avoided all the controversy. An elite receiver would have held on. A perfect throw by Rodgers deserved more than that.

Didn't he get it stripped away when he was stepping out of the back of the end zone?

Yeah, after his 2nd foot was down. The Ref said GJ was in the act of going to the ground and didn't maintain possession.

How they hell did he got a 3rd foot down if he was going to the ground?

[sharpe1027]

Re: Greg Jennings

As inconsistent this year as Crosby????

Watched the play and the replay over and over on the challenged ruling of the almost TD in the first quarter, Personally, I agree with BB. I have no idea how that was not a touchdown. There were surely 2, and maybe 3 solid foot placements on the turf after the catch and before the ball was knocked loose. Should have been a TD.

BUT......Jennings should have just held onto the dang thing and avoided all the controversy. An elite receiver would have held on. A perfect throw by Rodgers deserved more than that.

Not quite as glaringly inconsistent as Crosby, but I agree Jennings is not having a great season. He should hold on to the ball --but that was clearly a TD reception. He got robbed by the Ref.

The Pack came out ahead on some other bad calls by the officials: the non-call on Hawk's PI, and the late hit on Grant running along the sidelines. Both of those calls were questionable...not that I'm complaining.

Each of those calls were just flat out wrong, IMO.

[Fritz]

At least the refs were consistent on the calls. Late in the game on a crucial 2nd and 18 or 22, Cutler hit a reciever for a long first down but he fell to the ground and the ball popped out. If Jennings' reception in the end zone was a catch, then this was, too. But it was ruled incomplete, Lovely challenged it, and lost.

So the refs were consistent on that type of call, it seems.

That said, Jennings is not as good as he was last year.

[Airin' Rodgers]

At least the refs were consistent on the calls. Late in the game on a crucial 2nd and 18 or 22, Cutler hit a reciever for a long first down but he fell to the ground and the ball popped out. If Jennings' reception in the end zone was a catch, then this was, too. But it was ruled incomplete, Lovely challenged it, and lost.

So the refs were consistent on that type of call, it seems.

That said, Jennings is not as good as he was last year.

Also getting more double teams. When it's all said and done we will probably have two 1000 yard receivers. Nothing to complain about, IMO

[rbaloha1]

Bad call -- it was clearly a td. GJ allows Finley to receive one - one coverage.

[pbmax]

This ruling has been made frequently this year and it has been held up in each instance I am aware of. Possession acquired in the endzone (as opposed to having possession crossing the goalline) is not two feet down and no bobbling anymore.

If he was headed to the ground after making the catch, he needed to hang on and control it. They have made no exceptions that I have read about. And its happened in three different games that I am aware of.

[MOBB DEEP]

jennings = freeman?

[Willard]

This ruling has been made frequently this year and it has been held up in each instance I am aware of. Possession acquired in the endzone (as opposed to having possession crossing the goalline) is not two feet down and no bobbling anymore.

If he was headed to the ground after making the catch, he needed to hang on and control it. They have made no exceptions that I have read about. And its happened in three different games that I am aware of.

Did he even go to the ground? If he did it ws at least a few steps after exiting the back of the endzone. Isnt it irrelevant what happens after a player leaves the field of play?

[Patler]

Jennings has let a lot of balls get away from him this year that he should have caught. This was one. He had both arms on the ball, and the ball cradled to his chest. Should not have allowed the DB to pull it out..

I still don't see how that wasn't a TD. The refs explanation made no sense because:

-he completed two strides after catching the ball.
-he didn't need to go to the ground to complete the play. Two feet in stride complete the play.
-if he needed to maintain possession through hitting the ground he was well out of bounds when his body hit.

I replayed it advancing "frame" by "frame". The ground level camera had a great unobstructed view of it.

- he stretched, caught it in his hands mid-stride, with both feet in the air.
- there was no bobble or juggle at all, it "stuck" in his hands.
- he began pulling it in to his body and nearly had it there as his first foot hit the ground.
- the ball was up against his chest as his second foot hit the ground.
- the ball stayed there as he went into his 3rd stride.
- just before the first foot hit for the second time, the ball started coming out.

I would like to hear the league's explanation.

[pbmax]

-he completed two strides after catching the ball.
-he didn't need to go to the ground to complete the play. Two feet in stride complete the play..

If my memory serves, two strides in the field of play has not made for a catch in the field of play for quite some time. Establish control, don't let the ground cause you to lose control of the ball, blah blah blah all have been part of the catch/no catch equation for sometime. The only time two feet are involved is while you are going out of bounds. But that changed this year.

Now if you catch a ball going out of bounds, you must maintain control as you go to the ground. Several TD catches have been waived off on this rule change this year.

I have no doubt there were mitigating circumstances in each. In this case it would seem that Jennings took three rather than the customary two steps before going out of bounds. But so far, they have held their ground on this call. Jennings needed to maintain control after going to the ground OOB.

[MJZiggy]

So would Billick.

[pbmax]

Here is a wacky one where the receiver went out of the endzone the wrong way after the traditional catch and two feet. But Florio discusses why the new rule should have applied.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/10/21/a-closer-look-at-the-stokley-touchdown/

And one where the refs got it wrong and their Supervisor had to re-explain it:

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/10/08/league-admits-sims-walker-call-was-wrong/