Question about the Dez call....

Albatross · Jan 11, 2015

what-a-donk said:
It is not a TD if he does not maintain possession after hitting the ground. Remember the Megatron catch (clear TD by the eye ball test) a couple years ago started all this mess (or at least brought it to the forefront for the ESPN talking heads)

Yep....remember that. BS rule imo.

Albatross · Jan 11, 2015

Guess the thing is that if you believe he tried to extend the ball which is a football move. It looked that way to me. Oh well, crazy how that game ended. On to the next one.

slapshot · Jan 11, 2015

Albatross said:
Yep....remember that. BS rule imo.

good rule need to catch the ball and make a football move

3pointdog · Jan 11, 2015

3 steps contact was made and elbow hit before he loses it. Should be a catch but I had +6.5. So it's cool. But Dallas should have had it at the 1. Would have been a great finish if he scored and Rogers got the ball back

chicken dinner

JohnnyMags · Jan 11, 2015

What goes around, comes around ...... can't cry in Dallas!

oddball · Jan 11, 2015

He caught the fucking ball took 3 steps and his knee touched before the ball come loose. He was down inside the one yard line. PERIOD!

DirectDeposit · Jan 11, 2015

regardless of the NFL rule, I personally think thats a catch. But since the ground helped with the catch NFL sais no catch.

DirectDeposit · Jan 11, 2015

He was on his way down. He never took 3 real steps with possession.

Recon792 · Jan 11, 2015

Cowboys robbed

jasonc69 · Jan 11, 2015

Whether u like it or not, by rule, it was not a catch. And to say the Cowboys were robbed is ridiculous. Even had the play stood, Rodgers had 4 minutes to score and he was obviously in a grove so there's a good chance GB would have scored at the end. Quit crying, excuses are for losers.

JohnBlue123 · Jan 11, 2015

Dez could have made the catch had he secured the ball against his chest. He got FUCKING greedy and tried to go for the glory by reaching for the endzone. An outstretched arm with the football is an easy drop when you make contact with the ground. Two hands pinned against the chest and its a catch.

Stop blaming the refs. Dez has no one to blame but himself and he knows it. PERIOD!!

TheComputerGroup · Jan 11, 2015

Thing with us humans, we all have our own opinions, & the refs will twist & screw with the rules no matter how we see it.

I say the sky is blue while another says it grey, & they try to convince you it grey. ....lol!

BigdaddyQH · Jan 11, 2015

scottcarter said:
This is the official rule on receptions in the NFL:

"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 after he touches 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."

Basically what that means is simple. If a player goes to the ground while in the process of making a catch, he must control the ball all the way through until his momentum from the fall ends. If at any point before his momentum stops he loses control of the ball and it touches the ground, the pass is incomplete.

Well put. That is exactly what happened, no matter what these little sorry arse whiney losers want to think. That is why those guys on the field are refs, and these clowns in here are crying because they lost more money. What you fools should be upset about is that Dallas got outplayed by a cripped QB. Green Bay wins by 20 if Rodgers is healthy.

dtmad · Jan 11, 2015

It is not about whiney losers, it's about thinking things through. The "act of catching the pass" was already accomplished after three steps with control, and I did count three steps. So the next time D. Murray catches a 5 yard pass, takes 25 steps, makes 40 yards, and then performs his customary fumble, it will be called an incomplete pass?

TheComputerGroup · Jan 11, 2015

dtmad said:
It is not about whiney losers, it's about thinking things through. The "act of catching the pass" was already accomplished after three steps with control, and I did count three steps. So the next time D. Murray catches a 5 yard pass, takes 25 steps, makes 40 yards, and then performs his customary fumble, it will be called an incomplete pass?

Lmao, exactly! Its nuts how half people see it one way & others the other way......have we been brainwashed into thinking what we see with our own eyes isn'twhat really happened.

The Calvin Johnston catch was a catch, it was crazy to over turn it.

Its amazing how the refs can control the games outcome because of replay......I wish they could vote replay to be banned but I highly doubt that will ever happen.

If I'm not mistaken, if he scores that TD, doesn't the game go over the total? There's several things to look at there.........

quantumleap · Jan 11, 2015

dtmad said:
It is not about whiney losers, it's about thinking things through. The "act of catching the pass" was already accomplished after three steps with control, and I did count three steps. So the next time D. Murray catches a 5 yard pass, takes 25 steps, makes 40 yards, and then performs his customary fumble, it will be called an incomplete pass?

That's exactly what I thought originally until I read the rule posted by scottcarter. The rule reads "act of catching the pass". Dez was falling the whole time, including taking the steps and reaching out, so all of that is considered part of the reception as well as his knee touching and his putting the ball on the ground and the ball coming out.

It doesn't matter if he makes a football move or his knee is down or he crosses the goal line (same rule applies if the receiver is completely in the end zone) it's all a part of the reception. We've seen receivers catch a ball falling down and getting 2 feet in bounds and rolling over out of bounds but if the ball comes out at the end it's ruled as an incomplete pass.

JohnBlue123 · Jan 11, 2015

quantumleap said:
that's exactly what i thought originally until i read the rule posted by scottcarter. The rule reads "act of catching the pass". Dez was falling the whole time, including taking the steps and reaching out, so all of that is considered part of the reception as well as his knee touching and his putting the ball on the ground and the ball coming out.

It doesn't matter if he makes a football move or his knee is down or he crosses the goal line (same rule applies if the receiver is completely in the end zone) it's all a part of the reception. We've seen receivers catch a ball falling down and getting 2 feet in bounds and rolling over out of bounds but if the ball comes out at the end it's ruled as an incomplete pass.

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akphidelt · Jan 11, 2015

It definitely was the correct call according to the rules. This whole 3 step talk is a little exaggerated. He was falling from the beginning and carelessly reached the ball out. Should have just secured the catch.