Questions for the people that think it should have been called a catch:
1) Did you watch the replay that showed the ball hitting the ground and moving?
2) Are you a Cowboys fan?
I have no idea how anyone could argue this call. It sucks, because he made a great play, but the ball clearly bounced off the ground and caused him to lose control.
The Calvin catch was slightly different, IMO, because it almost looked like he hit the ground and then started to get up and run to celebrate, with the ball coming loose during the transition between those two motions. By rule, that one should have also not been a catch, because Calvin really should have tucked and secured the ball before trying to jump back up.
You must make a football move with possession or possess it throughout contact with the ground. He never made a football move. He was simply stumbling while falling to the ground and the ball came loose when it hit the ground. Simple as that.
What is the definition of a football move? To me, securing the ball, moving it to his left hand, and then extending towards the goal line is a football move, whatever the deuce that is.
What is the definition of a football move? To me, securing the ball, moving it to his left hand, and then extending towards the goal line is a football move, whatever the deuce that is.
We're essentially at "The ball cannot move or wiggle until WR hands it to ref after play".
if you think it was not a catch then Justin Thomas certainly "fumbled" vs UGag. Because people were moving and no whistle had blown. So, I guess that was just an easy call that the refs got right. The absurdity of the two calls is the same IMO.
For 130 years men played football and that was an incredible catch and then the NFL got instant replay and now guys think it wasn't a caTch.
if you think it was not a catch then Justin Thomas certainly "fumbled" vs UGag. Because people were moving and no whistle had blown. So, I guess that was just an easy call that the refs got right. The absurdity of the two calls is the same IMO.
For 130 years men played football and that was an incredible catch and then the NFL got instant replay and now guys think it wasn't a catch.
And Thomas fumble was not a fumble but that was the correct call according to the rule that one wishes to argue.
Reaching for the goal line can be feast or famine. Famine in this case.Reaching for the goal line is a football move