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8. A forward pass is complete when a receiver clearly possesses the pass and touches the ground with both feet inbounds while in possession of the ball.

He clearly had possesion with two feet in while going to the ground but the ball came loose after hitting the turf. How was that not overturned?

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Posted by charlottetiger

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Member since Nov 2007

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Posted on 11/9/09 at 6:02 am to jpggpj

hey guess what...

the Saints won

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Posted by marvin82

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Posted on 11/9/09 at 6:25 am to jpggpj

Because anytime a player is going to the ground he must maintain posession of the ball after hitting the ground. Same thing on a catch along the sidelines. Two feet in bounds and posession after hitting the ground.

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Posted by adono

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Posted on 11/9/09 at 7:12 am to jpggpj

Hey, I'm as big a Saints "homer" there is and I don't have a problem with the call. I've watched the play several times and he didn't have possession, as per NFL rules...period.

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Posted by LSUMJ

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Posted on 11/9/09 at 10:33 am to jpggpj

the rule is different for out of bounds plays and endzone plays
you basically have to be able to stand up with the ball once you hit the ground

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Posted by xiv

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Posted on 11/9/09 at 1:19 pm to jpggpj

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re: Seems to me by NFL rules Colston scored.

Yep. The play was called incomplete because he did not maintain control to the ground. I argue that the play is over at the point that he actually catches it and gets two feet in.

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