They just blew the Dez rule in the JAX vs NYG game

[blindzebra]

Giant's TE catches ball, gets hit, gets 2 feet down, hits ground and loses ball, ruled INC on field and overturned to a catch in review.

 

[illhurtya]

It's the Dez rule. It only applies to Dez.

 

[sbark]

hopefully a gif. gets put up.......

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

The officials are already in season form.

 

[AsthmaField]

There are inconsistencies, I agree... however, there was one major difference between this catch and the Dez catch...

Mara

 

[DTown214]

The officials are already in season form.

I think it's the opposite. Refs in season form would've meant blowing the call hah

 

[AsthmaField]

I think it's the opposite. Refs in season form would've meant blowing the call hah

Actually, a blown call would be playoff form.

 

[StylisticS]

I think the same thing kind of just happened in the Philly game but no challenge from Chip.

 

[Screw The Hall]

God I love football.

 

[AbeBeta]

I expect they don't have as much help on those reviews in pre-season

 

[brymatt94]

I wish it would have happened to us in the preseason.

 

[casmith07]

Giant's TE catches ball, gets hit, gets 2 feet down, hits ground and loses ball, ruled INC on field and overturned to a catch in review.

The change of the rule was only made to justify an obviously incorrect call on the field.

 

[CF74]

Hah!!

 

[sbark]

I expect they don't have as much help on those reviews in pre-season

......"help" from Blandio......

 

[theogt]

What quarter?

Edit: Never mind. Found it. I'll upload some gifs shortly. I'm on really slow wifi (on vacation with crappy internet).

Edit2: That's a catch. He wasn't going to the ground, had 2 feet down and started to run with possession.

 

[AbeBeta]

......"help" from Blandio......

They got the call right in GB. Hate the rule but it was called right. By all logic it should be a catch. But the rule is what it is. Grown ups realize this ain't no conspiracy. Good lord. If the NFL wanted to conspire, we'd be advancing as we get amazing ratings.

 

[theogt]

http://gfycat.com/NiftyForthrightCockroach

It was a catch.

 

[blindzebra]

http://gfycat.com/NiftyForthrightCockroach

It was a catch.

How do you figure? When he gets control what looked like a first foot down had actually been picked up, he then got 2 down and went to the ground...there was no upright long enough.

 

[theogt]

How do you figure? When he gets control what looked like a first foot down had actually been picked up, he then got 2 down and went to the ground...there was no upright long enough.

He clearly has possession and at least one foot down in this frame. He then gets two more feet down before getting tackled.

 

[percyhoward]

It has to be a catch, because it's impossible to prove that he wasn't "upright long enough" in the judgment of the replay official.

If the replay official had confirmed the ruling on the field of incomplete, saying that the player was NOT upright long enough, that would also be impossible to disprove, so that call would also have been correct.