percyhoward
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You're missing the point. The fall doesn't matter because the process of the catch was completed when he got both feet down and was contacted.Gresham's fall doesn't matter because forward progress was called as soon as he was hit....play dead. Yeah its messed up how fast you can call forward progress one time and then let a guy get driven back twenty yards by ten guys the next play.
When the ground causes the stoppage of forward progress there are details that must be adhered to unfortunately.
You're thinking that the stoppage of forward progress is what made it a catch. Not so.
1) Forward progress can't be stopped unless it has already started.
2) It can't start unless a player has possession of the ball.
3) Receivers can't possess the ball without first having made a catch.