There will not be a "Calvin Johnson rule" next year

[mlmpetert]

Damn, yeah i read it wrong. Well thats pretty rediculous.

[souperbad]

I think they made the correct decision. He DID NOT catch the ball. The rules are simple. If you are going to the ground while making a catch...the ball cannot touch the ground. He was still going down to the ground and rolling around when he used the ball to MAINTAIN HIS BALANCE and get back up. If you watch it at full speed he needed the ball to maintain his balance. If he would have waited for 1 second before he got up then it would be good.

The ground cannot cause a fumble but the ground can cause an incompletion.

When you are running, you get a touchdown as soon as you are enter the end zone with the ball...but with a catch it is different. You have to legally catch the ball first (don't bobble it, maintain control, stay in bounds and hold onto it if you go to the ground). So, when catching..you don't get a touchdown as soon as you touch the ball in the endzone. I think people get confused on that.

Really, it is a simple rule and players can abide. If you can't hold on to the ball then you probably did not have control of it.

The same thing happened in the Redskins Tampa Bay playoff game in 2005 and they took the Bucs touchdown away.