Post by Stache on Sept 9, 2013 19:17:21 GMT -8
There are always bad calls and poor booth reviews in NFL games, and this is the place to gripe about them.
Today, my gripe is about the inconsistency of the receiving rule stating that a player must maintain the ball all the way through a fall to the ground. In what would have been the first TD of the season, Calvin Johnson (Megatron hereafter) had a TD reversed after it was deemed by a booth review that the ball was not controlled to the ground. At the time, the call did not seem unreasonable, but I was of the opinion that his dive toward the end zone was a "football move."
In the Sunday Night Football game, Victor Cruz caught a deep pass and made a singular catch and dive motion. He, in a similar move as Megatron, extended across the plane and lost the ball after making contact with the ground. In this circumstance, the booth did not even opt for a review, and it was ruled a touchdown.
Check out the video juxtaposition.
Personally, I would believe at least one of the following to be true about these two plays:
1. Neither were touchdowns.
2. Both were touchdowns.
3. Neither should have been reviewed by the booth.
4. Both should have been reviewed by the booth.
Unfortunately, none of these was true. What do think about this call?
Or, did I miss something worse?
Today, my gripe is about the inconsistency of the receiving rule stating that a player must maintain the ball all the way through a fall to the ground. In what would have been the first TD of the season, Calvin Johnson (Megatron hereafter) had a TD reversed after it was deemed by a booth review that the ball was not controlled to the ground. At the time, the call did not seem unreasonable, but I was of the opinion that his dive toward the end zone was a "football move."
In the Sunday Night Football game, Victor Cruz caught a deep pass and made a singular catch and dive motion. He, in a similar move as Megatron, extended across the plane and lost the ball after making contact with the ground. In this circumstance, the booth did not even opt for a review, and it was ruled a touchdown.
Check out the video juxtaposition.
Personally, I would believe at least one of the following to be true about these two plays:
1. Neither were touchdowns.
2. Both were touchdowns.
3. Neither should have been reviewed by the booth.
4. Both should have been reviewed by the booth.
Unfortunately, none of these was true. What do think about this call?
Or, did I miss something worse?
