Week 1: Redskins vs. Cowboys, Game-Day Thread

[MTK]

Originally Posted by SBXVII

On a quick side note.... the Detroit game with the questionable play of the day...

The Refs say no TD cause he didn't have 2 feet down? was that the reason? I see him catch it, take 2 steps, then his hip hits the ground before the ball hits the ground and rolls out of his hand. It should have been a TD. Literally I see his right foot come down, then his left, then his left again and his hip.

Nothing to do with his feet, he bobbled the ball at the end so no catch. Same thing that happened in the Skins/Bucs playoff game in Tampa a few years ago where the Bucs WR lost control as he hit the ground. You have to complete the act of the catch.

[SBXVII]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Nothing to do with his feet, he bobbled the ball at the end so no catch. Same thing that happened in the Skins/Bucs playoff game in Tampa a few years ago where the Bucs WR lost control as he hit the ground. You have to complete the act of the catch.

I don't know I say catch. Yes he bobbled the ball when he first caught it, but when his first foot comes down he has it in his right hand grasping it. The ball does not move until the tip hits the ground for which it rolls away, but it the ground can't cause a fumble the it's a TD.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by SBXVII

I don't know I say catch. Yes he bobbled the ball when he first caught it, but when his first foot comes down he has it in his right hand grasping it. The ball does not move until the tip hits the ground for which it rolls away, but it the ground can't cause a fumble the it's a TD.

The ground can't cause a fumble, but it CAN cause an incompletion.

Blame the rule, but you can't blame the call. The refs called it right.

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Nothing to do with his feet, he bobbled the ball at the end so no catch. Same thing that happened in the Skins/Bucs playoff game in Tampa a few years ago where the Bucs WR lost control as he hit the ground. You have to complete the act of the catch.

I feel thats different cause Johnson didnt let go of the ball till he was getting up, while Williams in the playoff game clearly lost control of the ball before he hit the ground and the ground allowed him to get control of the ball, Johnson had it all the way for me.