So, apparently the rules for making a catch in the endzone are different from anywhere else on the field. If that catch were made anywhere else on the field, it would have been ruled a complete pass. Johnson doesn't bobble the football, gets two feet down, and gets his butt down. A long string of loud obscenities filled the apartment that Sunday afternoon.
They resumed when I found this:
The receiver's possession seems tenuous, at best, yet the two-point conversion is awarded. It's also worth noting that in both cases, the referee in the best position to make the call on the field was overruled. At least in the Super Bowl clip, that referee's ruling on the field was the one under dispute. In the Lions' game, the referee who signalled the touchdown was overruled on-field by some other schmuck before the video review.
I really don't want to buy into the conspiracy theory of the downtrodden Lions getting unfavorable calls from a haughty NFL front office. However, I'll play Glenn Beck (distasteful, I know) and ask the question: would this happen to Peyton Manning in Indianapolis or Tom Brady in New England?
1 comment:
Today is blog update day! As you well know, I find this utterly ridiculous. I find it hard to understand how you can have possession and get two feet down, but then lose possession. Even if you lose possession after coming down with the ball, why should that matter? And how is the referee to judge at which point past "two feet down with possession" you're allowed to lose your grip on the football?
If the call was correct according to the rule, then the rule needs to be changed.
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