https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2017/12/17/16788458/jesse-james-touchdown-replay-overturned-steelers-patriotsDean Blandino will disagree with you
It was a catch and a TD
https://operations.nfl.com/the-rules/nfl-video-rulebook/completing-a-catch/
RULE 8 SECTION 1 ARTICLES 3-4
He caught ball had control when his knee/thigh went down to make his initial contact with the ground. See Item 1. Player Going To The Ground.
He however was NOT down by contact and could advance the ball and break the plane of the end zone.
He lost control after that.
Here is Rule # 11.
https://operations.nfl.com/the-rules/2017-nfl-rulebook/#rule11 Originally Posted by grean
https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2017/12/17/16788458/jesse-james-touchdown-replay-overturned-steelers-patriots
It was a catch and a TD
https://operations.nfl.com/the-rules...eting-a-catch/
RULE 8 SECTION 1 ARTICLES 3-4
He caught ball had control when his knee/thigh went down to make his initial contact with the ground. See Item 1. Player Going To The Ground.
He however was NOT down by contact and could advance the ball and break the plane of the end zone.
He lost control after that.
Here is Rule # 11.
https://operations.nfl.com/the-rules...lebook/#rule11 Originally Posted by grean
Dean Blandino will disagree with you Originally Posted by BoltfanThen Dean can't read the fucking rules.
It’s the dez rule. Dez took three steps and extended the ball.I think by the rules at the time Dez made a catch and now since it says actually take additional steps.
This is a rule, like the tuck rule, that will be eventually changed imo. Originally Posted by dallasfan
Then Dean can't read the fucking rules.You went from rule to your opinion. He did not control it through his contact with the ground, because they consisently have ruled contact is not ONLY his knee/thigh, it is his hands with the ball.
Per the rulebook.
A player has the ball long enough to become a runner when, after his second foot is on the ground, he is capable of avoiding or warding off impending contact of an opponent, tucking the ball away, turning up field, or taking additional step.
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 until after his INTITIAL contact with the ground, whether in the field of play or the end zone.
He controlled the ball through his initial contact with the ground. At that point he could have tucked the ball away.
His initial contact was with the knee and thigh.
Instead, he chose another viable "football move" to make when he turned it up field by extending the ball.
It was after he made that "football move" AND AFTER he crossed the plane of the end zone that a secondary point of contact with the ground made him lose control.
Had he lost control prior to crossing the plain with the ball, it would have been a fumble. Originally Posted by grean
Randy Galloway called. He wants his "cowsheep" moniker back....you've borrowed it way too long, troll. Originally Posted by Chateau BecotThe embalmed Galloway would approve of me using cowsheep as often as it is required by the cowsheep acting like petulant little girls. However, the term sheeppeople was probably not penned by Galloway. I know I have used it for over 25 years, long before I was forced to move to DFW.
......long before I was forced to move to DFW. Originally Posted by pyramider
You went from rule to your opinion. He did not control it through his contact with the ground, because they consisently have ruled contact is not ONLY his knee/thigh, it is his hands with the ball.
The announcers knew it as soon as they saw the replay. You act as if this is something new man. Originally Posted by Boltfan
Really???Yes I have read the rule. And more importantly, I have seen the enforcement. You keep ignoring how it has been interpreted and enforced. Dont be so ignorant about the matter. Romo and Nance, who have watched much more football than you or I, knew it right away.
There were two separate movements. He first caught and controlled the ball by tucking it in. He then extended the ball across the plane.
A player becomes a runner when...he is capable of TUCKING the ball in.
He caught it. Tucked it. Then extended it with his arms.
Had he not croseed it into the endzone, it would have been a fumble.
Have you actually read the rule? Originally Posted by grean
If "was forced" was via a job transfer, you could have simply quit and gone to work for someone else.
If "was forced" was via marriage (or any other SO-related reason), you could have simply divorced / dropped the bitch and found another one.
No matter....
If you don't like being in Texas (Dallas specifically) then it's simple.....leave. And don't let the door hit you in the ass, fool. This bit you've created on this site has grown old no matter who came up with the nonsensical sheepeople...... Originally Posted by Chateau Becot