Explain to me how that wasn't a 'football move' **Bryant Reversed Call Thread**

[blindzebra]

A player can control the ball, land with not one, not two but THREE steps, dive, land on his elbow before a ball comes loose that never hits the ground can be ruled incomplete?

 

[loublue22]

there is gray area in the rule, you can argue he made a football move, and so you absolutely CANNOT make that call in a playoff game in that situation

this game was not decided on the field

 

[Ken]

A player can control the ball, land with not one, not two but THREE steps, dive, land on his elbow before a ball comes loose that never hits the ground can be ruled incomplete?

I'm there with ya brother. So many people are assuming something that did not happen. I'm sick over this....SICK.

 

[Kevinicus]

The ball did touch the ground when his arm was extended...

Other than that, I can't explain it, except to say, NFL officiating.

 

[Joe_Fan]

Well, in the same token explain to me how you can call Cobb's "catch" before halftime a catch and not Dez's. He wasn't making a football move either and the ball clearly moved as well.

 

[Ken]

The ball did touch the ground when his arm was extended...

Other than that, I can't explain it, except to say, NFL officiating.

Oh really? Show me where because I see his forarm hitting. Can't overturn that bud...

 

[Rack]

BZ, I saw the same thing. How can it not be a catch if the ball never hit the ground?

 

[hornitosmonster]

It's was a bad call. But the NFL is making sure the golden boy moves on. I will be rooting for Seattle to end his career. I'm that mad

 

[coult44]

Can someone make GIFs of Dez catch and Cobb catch?

 

[sbark]

NFL will issue an apology later........

 

[Fletch]

there is gray area in the rule, you can argue he made a football move, and so you absolutely CANNOT make that call in a playoff game in that situation

this game was not decided on the field

It's called payback.

 

[Tobal]

Yea the Cobb catch was bothersome to me.

 

[blindzebra]

The ball did touch the ground when his arm was extended...

Other than that, I can't explain it, except to say, NFL officiating.

Actually the view from the sideline closest shows his forearm under the ball the entire time.

 

[JPostSam]

A player can control the ball, land with not one, not two but THREE steps, dive, land on his elbow before a ball comes loose that never hits the ground can be ruled incomplete?

it can't be done.

that was the worst call i have ever seen -- topping only the fail mary call by the replacement refs.

 

[Wolf2k5]

Make up call. Saw it coming

 

[StarMan2112]

Doesn't matter. Even if we score there, no way we stop Rodgers from taking them right back down the field.

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

He had complete control over it, had multiple limbs land on the ground, and then made a football move to extend the ball towards the endzone.

Just insanity. I get it. I understand the rule, but that was so obviously a catch that it makes me sick to my stomach.

 

[texbumthelife]

The ball hit the ground but the ground can neither cause a fumble nor an incompletion. These rules completely conflict and contradict each other.

 

[TheRomoSexual]

It's pretty technical. There is a difference between control and possession if you are going to the ground -- if going to the ground, the steps don't matter; rather, you have to complete the catch through your fall, or make a "football move." Of course, the counterargument is that Dez's stretch is a "football move."

 

[texbumthelife]

Doesn't matter. Even if we score there, no way we stop Rodgers from taking them right back down the field.

We had stopped them several times. The issue is, we never got a chance to find out. The game was completely taken out of our hands. THAT is the biggest issue.