WTF NFL?

[mraynrand]

Except they ruled last year that the maintain control part does not apply if it is stripped out by the defender while receiver is on the ground.

See this video for the details: http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-networ...ule-be-changed

And I know, it still makes little sense.

Again, it's a judgment - is the receiver 'on the ground?' If the ball gets stripped before he 'gets to the ground' then it's not a catch. Afterwards, it's a catch. But the ref has to have a brain, a soul, and a small sliver of humanity to make the proper call - at least for one set of fans.

I have to look at that again to see whether he really can strip it after he gets to the ground. If that's REALLY true, that makes zero sense. Either way, they blew that NE TD.

[MJZiggy]

I like the ref to judge whether the guy has control and two feet down. Once he sees that, I'd like the play to be over - on the TD play.

This.

[channtheman]

This.

I would like it to be changed to that as well, for both TD plays and non TD plays.

[MadtownPacker]

Why was Brady's first TD pass against the Chargers this past Sunday ruled a TD?

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-air-and-ground-players-of-the-week/09000d5d822688e4/Week-2-FedEx-Air-Ground-nominees

Week 2: Fedex Air and Ground Nominees is the title of the video if it doesn't show up right away when you click on the link. It's the first highlight in that video.

For comparison here is Calvin Johnson's non TD week 1 last year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZkVA...eature=related

Man Im gonna give you a negative rep point for this. This is the guy the NFL MADE a fucking rule for!!! Or at least twisted the shit out of a actual one. They wanted another poster child and they got one.

[bobblehead]

Why was Brady's first TD pass against the Chargers this past Sunday ruled a TD?

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-air-and-ground-players-of-the-week/09000d5d822688e4/Week-2-FedEx-Air-Ground-nominees

Week 2: Fedex Air and Ground Nominees is the title of the video if it doesn't show up right away when you click on the link. It's the first highlight in that video.

For comparison here is Calvin Johnson's non TD week 1 last year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZkVA...eature=related

The big difference I can see is that CJ's really WAS a TD, whereas the Brady pass simply wasn't. CJ's "release" of the ball wasn't what the rule was meant to entail, but the Patriots was.

[bobblehead]

Because the running back is already in possession of the ball. In the case of a receiver catching while going to the ground, he is in the process of establishing possession. To establish possession, he has to hold on through the process of going to the ground.

Only in the endzone. If he catches it and barely drags 2 feet as he slides out of bounds, then hits the ground and the ball pops out, its a catch.

[ThunderDan]

Only in the endzone. If he catches it and barely drags 2 feet as he slides out of bounds, then hits the ground and the ball pops out, its a catch.

Bobble, I think the rule applies to all catches while going to the ground not just TDs.

[pbmax]

Bobble, I think the rule applies to all catches while going to the ground not just TDs.

Yep, that came up on the NFL.com video as well.

[BZnDallas]

i was watching the game this past sunday with my dad... when i saw the finley non-td, i looked at my dad and told him finley is about to get megatron'd... sure as shit!!

[Guiness]

i was watching the game this past sunday with my dad... when i saw the finley non-td, i looked at my dad and told him finley is about to get megatron'd... sure as shit!!

anybody have a youtube link for this one? I'd like to see the replay of it.

[channtheman]

anybody have a youtube link for this one? I'd like to see the replay of it.

I tried to find a link to Finley's non TD but couldn't.

[Guiness]

tx - couldn't find anything either. Nothing at NFL.com, eh?
I haven't got a copy of the game, might see if I can find one.

[esoxx]

May have to consult the Bert Emanuel rule. Nothing like complicating things way more than they need to be.

[pbmax]

May have to consult the Bert Emanuel rule. Nothing like complicating things way more than they need to be.

That did start all the trouble, didn't it?

[mraynrand]

May have to consult the Bert Emanuel rule. Nothing like complicating things way more than they need to be.

That did start all the trouble, didn't it?

QFT2X. This stuff isn't that difficult. Fans know what a catch is, why not the NFL?