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NFL Football Ops twitter has released a video of the play

Posted on 12/17/17 at 8:05 pm
Posted by Jcorye1
Tom Brady = GoAT
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Posted on 12/17/17 at 8:05 pm
And explanation of their ruling.

LINK
Posted by TheWalrus
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 12/17/17 at 8:07 pm to
I don’t think you can tell with certainty the ball is on the ground when he says it is
Posted by KillerNut9
Pearl Jam
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Posted on 12/17/17 at 8:08 pm to
No proof of the ball hitting the ground. The video shows nothing.
Posted by Bham Bammer
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Posted on 12/17/17 at 8:09 pm to
Great explanation. The ball obviously is on the ground considering his hands are on either side of the ball (and his left isn't even grasping the ball). It's not hard to see unless you don't want to see it.
This post was edited on 12/17/17 at 8:12 pm
Posted by sms151t
Polos, Porsches, Ponies..PROBATION
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Posted on 12/17/17 at 8:09 pm to
You know it’s bad when they trot out Al and he says Roethlisberger completes a pass then loses control

His own explanation is contradictory of himself

Al and the NFLused a horrible angle they needed down the line.
This post was edited on 12/17/17 at 8:11 pm
Posted by IIxxBREADxxII
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 12/17/17 at 8:10 pm to
It was a shite call
Posted by ThoseGuys
Wishing I was back in NC
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Posted on 12/17/17 at 8:11 pm to
So wait, this is the catch everyone is losing their mind over? He loses the ball after hitting the ground. That's not a catch.
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
35437 posts
Posted on 12/17/17 at 8:11 pm to
who the frick wants to hear what those cover-up artists running the game into the ground folks have to say?
Posted by Weagle25
THE Football State.
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Posted on 12/17/17 at 8:12 pm to
Are you blind? Definitely hits the ground.

Should be a TD but the rules are written wrong.
Posted by KillerNut9
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Posted on 12/17/17 at 8:12 pm to
quote:

The ball obviously is on the ground considering his hands are on either side of the ball. It's not hard to see unless you don't want to see it.


The hand placement proves nothing.

The ball still could have spun and never hit the ground even if his right hand wasn’t under it.
Posted by Weagle25
THE Football State.
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Posted on 12/17/17 at 8:14 pm to
The ball is just magically floating a cm above the ground
Posted by sms151t
Polos, Porsches, Ponies..PROBATION
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Posted on 12/17/17 at 8:15 pm to
You ever hear of the Magic Bullet? Yeah it’s not only in Dallas physics does crazy stuff
Posted by ghost2most
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Posted on 12/17/17 at 8:15 pm to
What a stupid rule. He caught it crossed the goal line. Should be a touchdown.
Posted by KillerNut9
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Posted on 12/17/17 at 8:17 pm to
quote:

The ball is just magically floating a cm above the ground


Why are you acting like the ball was moving for seconds?

All of this happened in about a a tenth of a second. It’s completely possible the ball moved that quickly without landing on the ground.
Posted by Chuker
St George, Louisiana
Member since Nov 2015
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Posted on 12/17/17 at 8:19 pm to
quote:

ball obviously is on the ground considering his hands are on either side of the ball (and his left isn't even grasping the ball).



I don't even know how people can dispute this. The NE hate must be even worse on this forum than I thought.
Posted by 13SaintTiger
Isle of Capri
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Posted on 12/17/17 at 8:19 pm to
How the hell did he drop that lol.
Posted by Bunk Moreland
Member since Dec 2010
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Posted on 12/17/17 at 8:19 pm to
I think it probably hit the ground, but you can't assume that and the call on the field has to stand. As I've said in other threads, a ball is almost always spinning a little in a guy's hand when you look at it in slow motion, so every catch is in doubt.
Posted by magildachunks
Member since Oct 2006
32479 posts
Posted on 12/17/17 at 8:20 pm to
That's not a catch
Posted by magildachunks
Member since Oct 2006
32479 posts
Posted on 12/17/17 at 8:22 pm to
quote:

What a stupid rule. He caught it crossed the goal line. Should be a touchdown.






You have to maintain control through the ground.

He did not
Posted by reo45
Member since Nov 2015
6362 posts
Posted on 12/17/17 at 8:23 pm to
My problem is not that it is the Patriots, but how insane the rule is. He obviously caught the ball, otherwise he never would have been able to turn his body and stretch the ball over the goaline.

The fact the ground makes it an incomplete catch is what is so laughable. Ground can't cause a fumble but it can cause an incomplete catch lol.
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