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As for "crossing the plane of the goal line," I think announcers like to pretend they know something about the rules, and if they use a 'fancy' word like "plane" they will fool people into thinking they (the announcers) know what they are talking about.
Also, it's a bit more complicated than "...the goal line is like a universal line that encircles the world," which I'm not going to get into now.
WIth the Den/NE situation...they needed a camera right above the pylon. If indeed the ball went "inside" the pylon before going out of bounds, it is a TB, NE's ball at their 20. The ruling was Den's ball at the 1, and there was nothing even close to conclusive that would have overturned the ruling on the field. As someone else mentioned, it is almost impossible for an official to be down there right on the GL (even then it is a very, very tough call), and you could see the line judge arrive at the goal line well after the play in question.
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