Ok, Now the NFL is just making shit up ...

[ppodlesny]

How the fuck is this a catch?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53t3xFNrGjg

 

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000559663/article/dean-blandino-on-why-golden-tate-play-ruled-a-td

[MikeGL]

Caught the ball, held on possession, had 2 feet in the endzone.

 

I'd call that a catch and a touchdown to be honest.

[CrazedDogs]

on first glance, I thought it should have been an INT. But its a bang-bang play, and if you watch it close you can see that he gets in three steps and crosses the plane before the ball is knocked out.

 

If that happens outside the end zone, its a catch and fumble.

[MikeGL]

on first glance, I thought it should have been an INT. But its a bang-bang play, and if you watch it close you can see that he gets in three steps and crosses the plane before the ball is knocked out.

 

If that happens outside the end zone, its a catch and fumble.

 

Hey, guess I'm not that ignorant about the rules now am I

[Treehugger]

The ball never stops moving, I don't think he ever had "possession". INT.

[fishgutmartyr]

OK...let's see:

 

3 steps with barely any control and a defender draped on you--that ball is already starting to come out on the first step: TD;

 

2 steps and a dive with clear control as it crosses into the end zone--incomplete (Falcons)

 

I could see this as a TD, if the other play was. I could see this as an INT, since the other play was ruled incomplete. What I can't see is two different outcomes. Tate had a defender draped on him attempting a tackle as well, so where is the difference in ruling coming from?

 

Yeah, feel free to call me stupid if that's how you get your rocks off--but there is no logic to these rules or their application.

[MikeGL]

OK...let's see:

 

3 steps with barely any control and a defender draped on you--that ball is already starting to come out on the first step: TD;

 

2 steps and a dive with clear control as it crosses into the end zone--incomplete (Falcons)

 

I could see this as a TD, if the other play was. I could see this as an INT, since the other play was ruled incomplete. What I can't see is two different outcomes. Tate had a defender draped on him attempting a tackle as well, so where is the difference in ruling coming from?

 

Yeah, feel free to call me stupid if that's how you get your rocks off--but there is no logic to these rules or their application.

 

OK...let's see:

 

3 steps with barely any control and a defender draped on you--that ball is already starting to come out on the first step: TD;

 

2 steps and a dive with clear control as it crosses into the end zone--incomplete (Falcons)

 

I could see this as a TD, if the other play was. I could see this as an INT, since the other play was ruled incomplete. What I can't see is two different outcomes. Tate had a defender draped on him attempting a tackle as well, so where is the difference in ruling coming from?

 

Yeah, feel free to call me stupid if that's how you get your rocks off--but there is no logic to these rules or their application.

 

Not calling you stupid, I would never call anyone stupid. I just think he seems to tuck it in quite fine right there with about 2-3 steps in the endzone.

[BronxRik]

OK...let's see:

 

3 steps with barely any control and a defender draped on you--that ball is already starting to come out on the first step: TD;

 

2 steps and a dive with clear control as it crosses into the end zone--incomplete (Falcons)

 

I could see this as a TD, if the other play was. I could see this as an INT, since the other play was ruled incomplete. What I can't see is two different outcomes. Tate had a defender draped on him attempting a tackle as well, so where is the difference in ruling coming from?

 

Yeah, feel free to call me stupid if that's how you get your rocks off--but there is no logic to these rules or their application.

You're stupid.

 

Rocks off'd.

[CrazedDogs]

OK...let's see:

 

3 steps with barely any control and a defender draped on you--that ball is already starting to come out on the first step: TD;

 

2 steps and a dive with clear control as it crosses into the end zone--incomplete (Falcons)

 

I could see this as a TD, if the other play was. I could see this as an INT, since the other play was ruled incomplete. What I can't see is two different outcomes. Tate had a defender draped on him attempting a tackle as well, so where is the difference in ruling coming from?

 

Yeah, feel free to call me stupid if that's how you get your rocks off--but there is no logic to these rules or their application.

 

Tate wasn't going to the ground prior to establishing possession, so there's no basis for comparison.