My understanding of the rule is that the position of the ball is what matters and to me this was close but clearly the ball never reached the goal line. It would have been very interesting what the Steelers would have done with 4 th and inches and the game on the line. However once again the Steelers get the call... just like in the Super Bowl ! God must be a Steeler fan ! :lol:
This is strictly a td in modern times and at no other time in football history. The fact that they overruled based on video is incredible -- my naked eye says that is not a td and thats that. If you are falling backward out of the endzone without securing the ball not a td! Just because his fingertips made contact while nose of ball broke the plane does not make it a TD. The NFL needs to change rule so that entire football needs to be on OTHER side of plane (6" stripe) entirely, hence IN the end zone, never mind this tippy-tip of the nose of football "broke" plane according to video replay, what pansy bullshit! STICK THE FUCKING BALL IN THE END ZONE IN SUCH A WAY THAT THERE IS NO DOUBT!!!! And if a shoelace touches the paint while every other body part is in on a reception thats a m'fuqqin TD!!!
Regardless the Ravens are lucky to still have control of getting into the playoffs as the last seed if they can beat Dallas and Jax.
Tough game in big D for sure. They own the tiebreaker over the Pats if they win out as well.
Phins and Jets will meet in the last game so someone is guaranteed their 6th loss there.
Tough game in big D for sure. They own the tiebreaker over the Pats if they win out as well.
Phins and Jets will meet in the last game so someone is guaranteed their 6th loss there.
dominated by baltimore both times ... yet somehow managed wins.
improbable home wins against san diego and dallas.
those are 4 games right there alone that could easily leave them at 7-7.
their offense is mediocre. cant run. cant protect the quarterback.
defense carrying them. steelers are an average team. that said, the entire afc is mediocre so maybe they make a run. but pittsburgh has had plenty of better teams than this one in the last handful of years.
I have no idea what people are smoking, but that ball never touched the goal line and was not conclusive enough to over turn the ruling on the field. From what I'm reading, some of you actually think if the opponent lands in the end zone regardless of where the ball is it's a TD? :think2:
i will absolutely stand by the baltimore domination. steelers were getting booed off their own field because the ravens were making them look incredibly average. if flacco doesnt shit down his own leg, that game never sees overtime. steelers didnt sniff the endzone in 59 minutes today either. baltimore clearly controlled both meetings this year and yet somehow ended up with 0 wins to show for it.
im not saying sdiego outplayed pitt btw - simply saying that was another 'last second win' for pitt (as was their come from ahead near loss to jacksonville, although they deserved to win there)
pittsburgh had a very difficult schedule this year and did well with it. wins and losses are what counts in the end. but they could EASILY be 7-7 or 8-6 and on the outside looking in. that fine line of victory in the nfl has never been more evident than this year.
I couldn't find the 2008 rulebook, but this is from the 2006 rulebook. Unless the rule was changed over the last 2 years, the ball need not cross the plane if the player's feet are in the endzone:
See section b (bolded). I interpret that to mean that if a player catches a pass on or behind the goal line, it is a TD. (It doesn't say anything about where the ball is.)
Section 2 Touchdown
Article 1
It is a touchdown (3-38):
(a) when a runner advances from the field of play and the ball touches the opponents’
goal line (plane); or
(b) while inbounds any player catches or recovers a loose ball (3-2-3) on or behind the
opponents’ goal line.
(a) when a runner advances from the field of play and the ball touches the opponents’
goal line (plane); or
(b) while inbounds any player catches or recovers a loose ball (3-2-3) on or behind the
opponents’ goal line.
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