[Old School]

Couple of calls this weekend I would like to get an answer on, that I thought where questionable.

In the Eagles vs Lions game. I believe it was Westbrook who tried to dive into the endzone, stuck the ball out before he crossed the goal line, the ball then came lose and rolled into the endzone. The play was ruled a TD but challenged. Upon the review, it appeared the ball did not cross the goal line, however, they still gave him the TD. Did anybody see this? What is the official ruling?

There was a hard hit last night in the Saints Titans game where a hard hit was put on the TE after the catch from Drew Pearson. It looked like a clean hit, but they ruled it excessive and a penality was accessed. Is there a new rule in the NFL on hitting the player after the catch if from the bindside?

Thanks in advance for your answers.