Back with the troll talk again? Tried giving you a chance never again. The facts are Dez's play was ruled correctly by RULE. He was going to the ground therefore by RULE he must hang onto the ball through the contact of the ground and he didn't.
Just what I thought.
You can't justify it by rule, because there was not a rule in place to overturn it, so you go right back to it is because they said it is crap.
So once again for everyone's benefit.
Item one: Going to the Ground - When a player is going to the ground, with or without contact,
in the process of catching a pass the player must maintain possession through contact with the ground.
The process of catching a pass is the key phrase as it refers you back to A) two feet in bounds B) control of the ball in one or two hands C) time to or make a move common to the game.
The rule
as written says that the only time the player must maintain control is if they have not completed the 3 part process. It does not say a word about when that process needs to be done, just that in terms of a falling player it needs to be done to end the process.
The following casebook play illustrates it, and almost mirrors the Dez play in GB:
A.R. 8.12 GOING TO THE GROUND—COMPLETE PASS First-and-10-on B25. A1 throws a pass to A2 who controls the ball and gets one foot down before he is contacted by B1. He goes to the ground as a result of the contact, gets his second foot down, and with the ball in his right arm, he braces himself at the three-yard line with his left hand and simultaneously lunges forward toward the goal line. When he lands in the end zone, the ball comes out. Ruling: Touchdown Team A. Kickoff A35. The pass is complete. When the receiver hits the ground in the end zone, it is the result of lunging forward after bracing himself at the three-yard line and is not part of the process of the catch. Since the ball crossed the goal line, it is a touchdown. If the ball is short of the goal line, it is a catch, and A2 is down by contact.
KJJ would like to come off as knowing what he is talking about but he can't. You see how I have given the rule, pointed out the wording, and supplied a case play that supports my argument. KJJ will tell you he is right because Blandino says so.
