Carolina vs New England last play

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by BayStateRef

Not quite.

ESPN broke this down, on its Sports Science segment, and shows that Gronk was slowing down and would have been in position to make a catch (not that he would have made it...but he would have been in position to do so).

Sport Science examines game-ending call - New England Patriots Blog - ESPN Boston

They completely and utterly ignored the important part ... the other defender.

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

They completely and utterly ignored the important part ... the other defender.

Actually, they don't. They point out that he would have been competing with the other defender for the catch and his catching it would have been unlikely. But that's a far cry from uncatchable.

[JasonTX]

Originally Posted by Eastshire

Actually, they don't. They point out that he would have been competing with the other defender for the catch and his catching it would have been unlikely. But that's a far cry from uncatchable.

He would have had to have gone through the interceptors back and that would have then been OPI.

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by JasonTX

He would have had to have gone through the interceptors back and that would have then been OPI.

No he would not. He could go around the side and easily make a play on that ball.

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by Eastshire

No he would not. He could go around the side and easily make a play on that ball.

Easily? ? ?

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by Dakota

Easily? ? ?

Easily make a play, yes.

Easily catch, no.

Frankly, I think you guys are embarrassing yourselves by saying he wouldn't have had a play on the ball absent the contact.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by Eastshire

Easily make a play, yes.

Easily catch, no.

Frankly, I think you guys are embarrassing yourselves by saying he wouldn't have had a play on the ball absent the contact.

If we're being Frank, I think you're insane for thinking he could stop on a dime, go the other direction, get completely through a defender and make any play at all on anything in the .34 seconds between the first instant of interference and the ball being caught. But that's just me.

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by Eastshire

Easily make a play, yes.

Easily catch, no.

Frankly, I think you guys are embarrassing yourselves by saying he wouldn't have had a play on the ball absent the contact.

I haven't been in this discussion at all; just reading it. I was poking fun at the absolutist and hyperbolic terms sports fans use to express their opinions. Yours was far from the only such post in this thread; it was just the last one.