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Originally Posted by michblue
Under NFL rules.....the call was correct on the field of incomplete pass. A receiver must complete the entire "process" of catching the football on a pass play.
It is a rule that I am sure will be reviewed by the competition committee during the off season because of the number of apparent catches on plays or scoring plays that were waived off throughout the year.
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They won't review the rule...they've had the same philosophy/rule on catches for quite some time now...and they've reviewed it too (especially after the correctly ruled incomplete pass by Calvin Johnson) and decided to keep the rule the same. They have the rule because they don't want "cheap" fumbles.
As to the play in question, it was correctly ruled an incomplete pass. The player did not even get a second foot down before the ball was knocked out of his hands and the replay booth was correct in not initiating a review.
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