My guess is that Clayton may be confusing two concepts. The first is when a catch constitutes a legal completion. The second is when a player is OOB.
The fact that the pylon is considered in bounds for a touchdown does not necessarily mean that it is considered in bounds for purposes of determining whether a catch was completed. E.g., if a player gets both feet in bounds and then kicks the pylon, it's a touchdown, but that doesn't necessarily mean that a guy could dive for a pass, catch it in the air, and then slap the pylon with his elbow on the way OOB and claim a completed pass.
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