Interception

[sm_bbcoach]

Can anyone post the NFL rule number AND the rule for the INT / IP yesterday.

Thanks

[MJT]

Originally posted by sm_bbcoach
Can anyone post the NFL rule number AND the rule for the INT / IP yesterday.

Thanks

I have an official NFL rule book from a current NFL official, and cannot find a situation which covers it exactly. I would assume they have a case book of sorts, and being that he was also talking to an official in the replay booth, who has any books they have, I'd assume that even if you didn't like it, they probably got it right. If they did not, the NFL will come out and say so, as they do when mistakes are made.

[WhistlesAndStripes]

Offical word from the NFL so far is, "It was the Referee's judgment call."

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playof...ory?id=2294309

[nafboy]

That article bothered me because I don't think "judgment" and "judgment call" mean the same thing. The NFL said that was his judgment. In court, a judge passes down a judgment.

I think that ESPN is trying to change how it sounds when they manipulate the quote to say it was a judgment call.

[nafboy]

And now ESPN has just moved the ground underneath the reader's feet -- that link above used to point to an article headlined "it was a judgment call". Now the link leads to an article that reads the same at the bottom but reads in the headline that it was the wrong call.

[Kaliix]

Wrong call: NFL issues statement on Polamalu play

New York, NY (Sports Network) - National Football League vice president of officiating Mike Pereira on Monday issued a statement regarding the controversial reversal on Troy Polamalu's interception during Pittsburgh's 21-18 win over Indianapolis in Sunday's AFC divisional playoff game at the RCA Dome.

In the statement, Pereira stated the officiating crew made the wrong call.

"The definition of a catch -- or in this case an interception -- states that in the process of making a catch a player must maintain possession of the ball after he contacts the ground," said Pereira. "The initial call on the field was that Troy Polamalu intercepted the pass because he maintained possession of the ball after hitting the ground.

"The replay showed that Polamalu had rolled over and was rising to his feet when the ball came loose. He maintained possession long enough to establish a catch. Therefore, the replay review should have upheld the call on the field that it was a catch and fumble.

"The rule regarding the performing of an act common to the game applies when there is contact with a defensive player and the ball comes loose, which did not happen here."

[sm_bbcoach]

Originally posted by BktBallRef
"In the act of making a catch, if a receiver makes a catch and goes to the ground UNTOUCHED by a defender, the receiver must have secure possession when he gets to his feet or when contacted by an opponent."

I am NOT slamming you on this. But, please explain how the NFL can double back on this. YOu say he has to have possesion when he gets to his feet OR contact, but he did NOT have possesion when he got to his feet????

Is this the NFL trying to look good?????? The rule in my mind is clear. IF it is in his opinion, then the NFL needs to say that and his opinion need NOT be contradicted.