Talk about "double talk" chop
Instead of admitting they made a bad call they just changed the rule to make the bad call fit the rule instead of the other way around .
Years later after all the emotion of the tuck rule call has passed. Very quietly they went back and changed the tuck rule back to the way it was before.
This one today Pereira admits Bryant stretches the ball towards the end zone, but apparently it wasn't enough?
Instead of admitting they made a bad call they just changed the rule to make the bad call fit the rule instead of the other way around .
Years later after all the emotion of the tuck rule call has passed. Very quietly they went back and changed the tuck rule back to the way it was before.
This one today Pereira admits Bryant stretches the ball towards the end zone, but apparently it wasn't enough?
I thought he made the catch. But now looking at the replay, that is a close play, and it probably is incomplete.
He had two hands on the ball, then switched hands, but if he did that and lost control of the ball, they would call it incomplete. In this case, in the process of switching hands, the ball hit the ground and bounced up. Close, but probably incomplete.
What I really would like to say, is that Dez Bryant blew it. In the biggest play of the game, a play for your season, and the Dallas Cowboys season, they call your number and Romo threw the perfect ball to a well covered Bryant who got both hands on the ball and had control, for a split second at least. All inside the 5 yard line. Then, he did a mistake of a young player, he tired to do too much, and the ball, that was in both hands, with the season on the line, slipped out.
The Cowboys never got the ball back. Green Bay receivers did not drop a ball on the final drive to run out the clock. That was their season.
He had two hands on the ball, then switched hands, but if he did that and lost control of the ball, they would call it incomplete. In this case, in the process of switching hands, the ball hit the ground and bounced up. Close, but probably incomplete.
What I really would like to say, is that Dez Bryant blew it. In the biggest play of the game, a play for your season, and the Dallas Cowboys season, they call your number and Romo threw the perfect ball to a well covered Bryant who got both hands on the ball and had control, for a split second at least. All inside the 5 yard line. Then, he did a mistake of a young player, he tired to do too much, and the ball, that was in both hands, with the season on the line, slipped out.
The Cowboys never got the ball back. Green Bay receivers did not drop a ball on the final drive to run out the clock. That was their season.
I think they ruled he was in the act of going down thus it's incomplete. I don't think you can argue otherwise since Dez would have just walked into the end zone if he could (if he wasn't going down)
whether or not it's a football move is irrelevant under these circumstances
that football move stuff comes into play when the ball is caught and subsequently dislodged from the receiver by the defender, the ground is entirely different
it's actually a very easy call
PS: the tuck rule was in effect from 1999 through 2013, for twelve years after the 2001 playoff game
none of us ever heard of the rule before that infamous playoff game, but I saw it called scores of times for the next 12 years following that game
none of us ever heard of the rule before that infamous playoff game, but I saw it called scores of times for the next 12 years following that game
PS: he caught the ball and was making a football move, BUT he did not maintain control after he touches the ground. I hope they modify this rule
Some Observations from a Packer fan:
1--GOOD CALL IF THAT IS THE RULE
2--BAD RULE
3--TYPICAL "ME ME LOOK AT ME " ATHLETE.
SECURE BALL AND GO DOWN---SCORE ON NEXT PLAY--AT LEAST
HAVE A 50/50 CHANCE TO GO TO SEATTLE (RODGERS COULD STILL DRIVE
TEAM DOWN FIELD AGAIN WAY HE PLAYED IN 2ND HALF)
4--INSTEAD--COULDNT WAIT TO GET IN ENDZONE--REMOVE HELMET (WHICH
WOULD HAVE BEEN PENALTY ON KICKOFF GIVING PACK SHORT FIELD)--AND
SHOW WORLD HOW GREAT HE IS (MAY HAVE HAD CELL IN POCKET AND TWEETED
FROM END ZONE)--NOW ENJOY TITLE GAME ON TV
1--GOOD CALL IF THAT IS THE RULE
2--BAD RULE
3--TYPICAL "ME ME LOOK AT ME " ATHLETE.
SECURE BALL AND GO DOWN---SCORE ON NEXT PLAY--AT LEAST
HAVE A 50/50 CHANCE TO GO TO SEATTLE (RODGERS COULD STILL DRIVE
TEAM DOWN FIELD AGAIN WAY HE PLAYED IN 2ND HALF)
4--INSTEAD--COULDNT WAIT TO GET IN ENDZONE--REMOVE HELMET (WHICH
WOULD HAVE BEEN PENALTY ON KICKOFF GIVING PACK SHORT FIELD)--AND
SHOW WORLD HOW GREAT HE IS (MAY HAVE HAD CELL IN POCKET AND TWEETED
FROM END ZONE)--NOW ENJOY TITLE GAME ON TV
