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Originally Posted by MJB
So I guess you're more of an expert to the rules than the head of NFL officials
"Although the receiver is possessing the football, he must maintain possession of that football throughout the entire process of the catch. In our judgment he maintained possession but continued to fall and never had another act common to the game. We deemed that by our judgment to be the full process of the catch and at the time he lands and the ball hits the ground it comes loose as it hits the ground, which would make that incomplete. Although he re-possesses it, it does contact the ground when he reaches so the repossession is irrelevant because it was ruled an incomplete pass when he had the ball hit the ground."
-Dean Blandino
Whine about the rule, not the call.
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The rule is fine, if he didn't make a football move. He made a football move. He took three steps.
THREE. Then
lunged for the endzone. That's two football moves, which negates that rule. The referee's botched this call badly and cost us a shot at the NFC Championship.