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Sailor65x1

(554 posts)
22. Yes they sure do
Mon Dec 18, 2017, 01:00 AM
Dec 2017

Patriots fans are hysterically just like Trump votors in their passionate denials. Almost everyone else has been seeing it for quite some time.

Ridiculous call based on a ridiculous rule. aaaaaa5a Dec 2017 #1
It's turning football into a game that is dependent on micro movement. Why even have human referees? Cattledog Dec 2017 #4
They're not lucky. The league always rules for the fucking Patriots going back to the tuck... brush Dec 2017 #11
Yes they sure do Sailor65x1 Dec 2017 #22
Just keep in mind that the Steelers got a break early in the game on their first TD. ExciteBike66 Dec 2017 #27
This ruling is consistent with the Thielen ruling last week. Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2017 #14
Megatrons was incomplete. So was this. Roland99 Dec 2017 #2
You can say what you like about the rule flotsam Dec 2017 #3
I thought it was a complete pass, but not a TD True Dough Dec 2017 #5
He wasn't down because there was no contact. nt Ohio Dem Dec 2017 #8
In that case True Dough Dec 2017 #9
It would have been if he'd maintained control. Ohio Dem Dec 2017 #10
I thought he had control while breaking the plane True Dough Dec 2017 #12
It's not about breaking the plane when you are in the process of catching the ball. Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2017 #15
Then I don't like the rule! True Dough Dec 2017 #21
It would have been a completed pass and the ball spotted on the one yard line... Brother Buzz Dec 2017 #13
In this play (going down in the process of a catch) it isn't about breaking the plane. Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2017 #16
Rules, schmules Brother Buzz Dec 2017 #17
Yeah, but running backs are different. Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2017 #18
He wasn't touched. His knee was down but no one JonLP24 Dec 2017 #23
Bay Area had the 49ers/Titans. But it was a hell of a game too. Auggie Dec 2017 #6
Us Pats fans got lucky in that CBS switched to that game right after the Steelers game. ExciteBike66 Dec 2017 #28
He's looking very good in Kyle Shanahan's system Auggie Dec 2017 #32
It took so long to get a ruling because Kraft called Trump who called Goodell. Cattledog Dec 2017 #7
I don't ever want to hear another Boston fan ever complain about the Yankees Yavin4 Dec 2017 #19
They made the right call based on the rule...but the rule blows Docreed2003 Dec 2017 #20
Complete history of the NFL's dumb catch rule confusing people JonLP24 Dec 2017 #24
I Voted Incomplete, But. . . ProfessorGAC Dec 2017 #25
I think it came down to a judgment call on what is a "football move" ExciteBike66 Dec 2017 #26
I don't believe "football move" is in the rule anymore. They clarified that. Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2017 #30
They removed that phrase, but the rule still takes into account whether he transitioned from a ExciteBike66 Dec 2017 #31
I agree. Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2017 #33
the problem is the rule requires control to be demonstrated *after* both feet hit the ground. unblock Dec 2017 #29
Good call. Iggo Dec 2017 #34
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