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Originally posted by tornado
What's the rule on the challenge? The original call was that the Bears' receiver was OOB, no call of juggling.
On the replay the ref said the ball moved when the receiver hit the ground.
I thought you could only reverse the original call. If the original call was that the ball was being juggled...it would stand.
That being said, why does the NFL require a catch to be maintained after a player hits the ground? Why would ongoing play nullify a good catch and 2 feet down in bounds?
Here's the kicker: The NFL also said Monday that if the original call had been a TD, there wasn't enough to reverse the call....
[Edited by tornado on Dec 28th, 2004 at 10:17 PM]
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The original call was "incomplete" and I don't think the official has to say "why" it was incomplete. The ball was never juggled until he hit the ground OOB's.
Why does the NFL require a catch to be maintained after a player hits the ground? That is just the rule they have, although it is only if he lands "out of bounds." Here is the rule, as stated from my post above. NFL rule 8-1-7 supplemental note #4 "the player must maintain possession of the ball when he lands out of bounds." Also NFL rule 8-1-5 note: "if there is any question by the covering official(s) if a pass is complete or incomplete, it is to be ruled incomplete." It looks as though they got it right.
It would have stood if ruled TD, as you stated, cuz not irrefutable evidence to "overturn" it either way. This was one where they got it right on the field, and the replay backed it up. If they had ruled TD on the field, they would have not been able to overturn it cuz not "irrefutable" evidence so it is good that the official nailed it. The NFL guys are really da** good!!