Good article on the call

[endersdragon]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...nfl-must-make-big-rule-changes-this-offseason Yea I know it's B/R but when it is obvious to them, it should be obvious to everyone. This is one of the rules that it seems like the more they do the worse it gets. 2 feet (or 1 leg or whatever... same as in bounds/out of bounds), full possession, simple as that. If something good can come fr... **** no... doesn't make it easier to swallow, but might make game more fun in future years.

 

[TonyS]

Another one here about Bryant being too good for the rules and the refs.

Bryant's overturned catch proves to be too good for rules

Dez Bryant is too good of an athlete for the NFL's rules.

That's the logical conclusion drawn from a controversial reversal of an apparent catch by Bryant in Sunday's playoff game. Had it stayed a catch, it could have turned the Cowboys' loss into a win over the Packers.

But Dez is just too good for the NFL's rules and the officials who apply them.

The crux of the matter is this: Upon a challenge by Green Bay, the "Calvin Johnson Rule" was applied to a spectacular catch by Bryant with less than five minutes to go. The application overturned the fourth down call and the Packers ran out the clock for a 26-21 win.

However, the Calvin Johnson Rule – so named because of a controversial non-catch by the Lions' playmaker in 2010 – applies to receivers going to the ground in the process of making a catch...

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl...-be-too-good-for-rules/ar-AA83tMY?ocid=ASUDHP

 

[bigdrulez3141]

I think there's too much complaining going on about the rule. Rule is clear as day. They just missed the "football move" dez made when he reached for the end zone. Wrong call, not bad rule.

 

[Staubacher]

I think there's too much complaining going on about the rule. Rule is clear as day. They just missed the "football move" dez made when he reached for the end zone. Wrong call, not bad rule.

Yup. Clear football move. You can't stretch for the end zone with the ball if you haven't already secured it. You'd still be trying to catch it not making a move to score

 

[loublue22]

I'm not gonna read anything that invokes the rule

it was a catch by existing rules, nothing needs to be changed

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

Yup. Clear football move. You can't stretch for the end zone with the ball if you haven't already secured it. You'd still be trying to catch it not making a move to score

Just reading it put that way just makes me sadder.

I was hoping getting all this out and reading about it would make feel better. It doesn't.

 

[loublue22]

Just reading it put that way just makes me sadder.

I was hoping getting all this out and reading about it would make feel better. It doesn't.

the only thing that would make me feel slightly better is someone, anyone on ESPN tomorrow looking into the camera and taking the NFL to task over this travesty. And I don't mean "the rule is dumb" I mean it was the absolute wrong call under existing rules, for all the reasons detailed here tonight.

will probably never happen but I can dream.