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Originally Posted by airblaster503
In the field of play, sure. But in the end zone the play is dead once the player possesses the football, example; 2 feet on the ground, knee hitting the ground, tailbone hitting the ground. Now on that play, all 3 happened before the ball hit the ground. He caught the damn thing with 2 hands and had 2 feet down and was clearly in control, the refs blew that one hard.Originally Posted by assyrianplaya
you are wrong...process ends when the refs call the play dead. butt, knees, elbows, all can hit the ground and process isnt finished...stupid rule but hey we got lucky...guess its payback for '04Originally Posted by cguy610
That was a catch. You can read the rule book and the refs didn't interpret the rule right. "The process" ends as soon as Calvin Johnson's butt hits the ground. The ball did not come lose when Calvin Johnson's butt hit the ground, the ball was secure, it's a touchdown and the "process" is over.
Nothing in the rules say the player has to get up with the ball or says that the player has to lay on the ground holding the ball for a certain amount of time.
Bad call and what's even worse, the refs couldn't interpret the rule correctly.