Blandino: "Is it a catch?"
Blandino asked during his weekly segment on NFL Network's "NFL Total Access." "The referee will have to make the determination, did the receiver have both feet down prior to him getting contacted, which sent him to the ground. If that's the case, then he doesn't have to hold onto it when he hits the ground.
"So you're going to see control. Just as the second foot comes down, there's going to be contact, now he goes to the ground. The referee determined that this was not part of the process. He'd completed the catch process, and therefore did not have to hold onto the football. We do feel that the ruling on the field stands."
This article was a great find, because all of the above commentary (made by Blandino a year ago) could have been used to describe Dez's catch that was overturned. The only difference was the conclusion.
Blandino says, "It's
that close as to whether the second foot was clearly down, meaning that there wasn't enough evidence to overturn it."
Dez took
three steps.
But Blandino avoids the entire question of a 2nd (or 3rd) foot being down, by saying that it was all part of the process. Even though the official on the field ruled that it was NOT part of the process, just as had been ruled in Cincy a year ago, when the call was upheld because of the ruling on the field.
You're not making any sense now. I don't know what you're talking about, and I doubt you to either. I don't even feel like unsorting this convoluted plot you've hatched in your mind.
