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You can't even admit that the defender knocks it loose, so I wouldn't expect you to change your mind no matter what. Pretty much everyone else on here acknowledges it was knocked loose by the defender briefly. He didn't have control of the ball until after the left foot is back off the ground. He did get his right foot down with control, but this is when he started going down and just before his left(2nd) foot is down. By rule, he must maintain control through out, but he didn't. I wish it would have been a catch or even ruled a catch when it wasn't. Even if ruled a catch, Dallas still had to score a TD and stop GB from getting a field goal.

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You can also see moves which obviously supercedes to the ground or officials would not be saying it was not noticeable enough or one that was common act to the game.

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So refs have never explained things wrong? The rule is very clear. If during the act of catching(which means anytime during a, b, and c) the player is going to the ground, he must maintain possession. Before his "football move(this is the lunge and requirement c of the act of catching the ball), he was clearly going down. That is why this isn't a completion.