You've perfectly explained why it wasn't a catch. The rules don't say "attempt," they say you have to "gather yourself" and execute. That is why going to the ground still applied and it wasn't a catch here but the Giants game play by Dez I posted was a catch. At least you were honest about what actually took place on that play versus lying to try to say the upright catch rules applied.
Thats my only complaint, they seemed to stretch for any rule that overturn the call, obviously as a Cowboys fan i dont like the call but it doesnt seem to be the norm for review back then.
Thanks man. I’ll get one. Really had no idea. Yeah I’ve heard of them, but never really needed one.
Exactly, several times I have pointed out, after catch he switched hands , the act of catch is finished at that point, football move finished , steps , lunge & ground etc doesnt matter.
Since it’s not specified in the book, It’s up to the ref’s interpretation.
How do you "switch hands" when you grab it with two and just take one hand off?
Dak knee pads on ?
I truly hope you recover.
If he is not finished the catch , there is no way he takes one hand off and still has the ball in his possesion.
He caught the ball and took 3 steps. If you think he lost control when he hit the ground that's fine. That is also called a fumble which he recovered. In either case, the Cowboys got screwed.
You don't finish a catch by taking one hand off a ball you grabbed with 2 hands. And, he is also falling to the ground after leaping into the air. They had a rule for that. And by that rule, losing control of the ball after it hit the ground meant an incompletion. It also meant that anything else he did on the way to the ground was null and void (just like the sideline catch rules). Going to the ground takes the place of the football move/time element of the catch (for a player who's upright), or part (c) of the catch rule, and it has one requirement: keep control of the ball after you hit the ground, especially if the ball touches the ground. Mike Pereira explains here:
You haven't been in these discussions so I don't mind saying this for the 5th or 6th time: 3 steps was not part of the catch rules in 2014 so that fact is irrelevant. They are now but not then. You can NOW take 3 steps on the way to the ground and have it be a catch. You could not then. So back then when you are on your way to the ground you have to keep the ball off the ground and maintain control of the ball after hitting the ground. No one can dispute he lost control of the ball or that it touched the ground so everyone fights tooth and nail to say it was a catch and going to the ground didn't apply because they HAVE to in order to say it was a catch. Except that's not how it went down if people are being honest.
