DMN: NFL VP of Officiating: It’s not unreasonable to watch everything Dez did and think

[Sportsbabe]

As much as it pain me to say it, that's what I see as well. I think it's impossible to declaratively state whether or not he made a "football move", or whether he was falling forward due to contact.

All that being said, I believe it should have come down to the call on the field standing for a lack of indisputable evidence necessary to overturn. I really was a coin flip...had the game officials ruled it incomplete, there'd be no evidence to overturn that, either.

The original call should have stood.

 

[Hardline]

If Dez didn't try to get cute and extend his arm out instead of possessing the ball into his body this would be a mute discussion.

 

[nathanlt]

If Dez didn't try to get cute and extend his arm out instead of possessing the ball into his body this would be a mute discussion.

You mean, "if he didn't try to get cute and make a football move..."

The fact that he tried, means it was a football move. And a football move means it was a catch.

Blandino started to admit it, but the realized what he was admitting to. He changed his statement mid-sentence.

 

[5Stars]

If Dez didn't try to get cute and extend his arm out instead of possessing the ball into his body this would be a mute discussion.

A mute discussion....lol Then shut up!

 

[Rogah]

If Dez didn't try to get cute and extend his arm out instead of possessing the ball into his body this would be a mute discussion.

"Getting cute" is when a player showboats. I don't consider stretching for the goal line as you're being brought to the ground "getting cute."

 

[Hardline]

You mean, "if he didn't try to get cute and make a football move..."

The fact that he tried, means it was a football move. And a football move means it was a catch.

Blandino started to admit it, but the realized what he was admitting to. He changed his statement mid-sentence.

A better football move would have been to tuck the ball into your gut on the way to the ground. As soon as I saw the replay I knew the call would be reversed
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Do I think that was a catch? Hell yes.

But Dez should have played it safe instead of making the highlight play. Which it would have been anyway.

 

[5Stars]

I want to throttle this guy so bad

He has a face that I would like to bash in! The punk never played ball and they let him be an official! Well, Mara and Goodell probably agreed to hire him!

 

[Kevinicus]

A better football move would have been to tuck the ball into your gut on the way to the ground. As soon as I saw the replay I knew the call would be reversed
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Do I think that was a catch? Hell yes.

But Dez should have played it safe instead of making the highlight play. Which it would have been anyway.

No, reaching to take the lead is the best football move to make. You can't honestly expect someone to stop and think in the middle of the play if the refs are going to screw up the rules, can you? You have the ball secured, you have your feet down, you absolutely try and reach the end zone if there is nobody standing in the way that can knock the ball out (for a fumble, because obviously it was already a catch).

 

[Hardline]

No, reaching to take the lead is the best football move to make. You can't honestly expect someone to stop and think in the middle of the play if the refs are going to screw up the rules, can you? You have the ball secured, you have your feet down, you absolutely try and reach the end zone if there is nobody standing in the way that can knock the ball out (for a fumble, because obviously it was already a catch).

Reaching out the football one handed is not smart. Unless he can palm a football like Shaquil O'Neil does a basketball .
I agree that it was a catch but extending that ball out was not needed .

Yes and I know hindsight is 20/20

 

[CT Dal Fan]

I read the first line, envisioned watching the play, and my insides feel like it's January 11 all over again.

I know it's time to get over it, but if Romo and Company never get a ring, it will make me ask "what if" for the rest of my life.

 

[Kevinicus]

Reaching out the football one handed is not smart. Unless he can palm a football like Shaquil O'Neil does a basketball .
I agree that it was a catch but extending that ball out was not needed .

Yes and I know hindsight is 20/20

Not smart why? The remaining 21 players on the field were behind him. He was contacted by a defender. The two possible outcomes are: Down by Contact, Touchdown. Or, those should be the only two outcomes if the NFL didn't botch it so bad.

 

[ufcrules1]

A better football move would have been to tuck the ball into your gut on the way to the ground. As soon as I saw the replay I knew the call would be reversed
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Do I think that was a catch? Hell yes.

But Dez should have played it safe instead of making the highlight play. Which it would have been anyway.

I have thought about that as well and ultimately Dez only knows one way which is to give everything on every play. He made an amazing last minute lunge for the end zone and and landed literally an inch from the goal line. That lunge made it a catch under the rules. Also, was ruled a catch on the field. Something that close, you don't over turn like that.

 

[loublue22]

he reached

that was the only reason he fumbled

reaching is a football move

it was a catch

 

[gmoney112]

We got screwed, everyone knows it. The CB even came out and said it was a catch.

We'll just go out there this year and make sure it doesn't even come down to that.

 

[Plumfool]

If you have to justify the call you probably made the wrong one.

 

[blindzebra]

This would be so easy to fix. Falling should only matter if two feet don't land. That removes any judgement from the play. Both feet down with control it is a catch.

No football move, no time enough for a football move, no judging if they are steps or strides. Two feet in bounds with control is a catch.

 

[Frozen700]

When I first saw it, live action, I felt it wasn't a catch.

Even after replays, I felt it wasn't a catch.

I would want the same call, if it was the opposite team.

 

[Tabascocat]

No you're not.

Yea, you are probably right

 

[5Stars]

This would be so easy to fix. Falling should only matter if two feet don't land. That removes any judgement from the play. Both feet down with control it is a catch.

No football move, no time enough for a football move, no judging if they are steps or strides. Two feet in bounds with control is a catch.

I hear you...and then if you struggle to get a TD...and lose the ball but get it back in the endzone that should have been a fumble recovery because the ball never hit the ground.

 

[percyhoward]

.IN THEIR EYES, HE WAS FALLING FORWARD.

It doesn't matter if he was falling, or even which direction he was falling. What matters is that he had established himself as a runner, and runners fall all the time. The NFL has already said that if Dez had "extended the ball toward the goal line, or reached with two hands," then it would have been a catch.

Which of course, makes no sense, because extending his arm would not have gotten the ball any closer to the goal line (he was falling more toward the sideline than the goal line), and taking one hand off the ball indicated that he had controlled it and wasn't still trying to catch it. There's also the fact that you don't have to reach with two hands to break the plane anyway.