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Congrats Cannoli, you are the only person (thing?) in the country who thinks it's a TD *NM* Dark Knight Send a noteboard - 25/09/2012 03:53:18 PM
This looks like another one of those plays like the Tuck Rule play - to all appearances and common sense it's BS, but by the strict letter of NFL rules, it was correctly called. All too often in cases of contested possession, it comes down to whoever has it last. Tate had hands on the ball, before and after landing in the end zone, it never touched the ground, so it does not matter what the Green Bay player was doing.

If a fumble can go to the player who pulls it out of another's arms at the bottom of a pile (when the first one to have it should be down by contact), then a catch can be ruled a similar way. It doesn't matter how much the one player tries to wrap his body around the ball - in replays, Tate's left hand appears to be between the ball & Jenning's chest, and he was holding the ball enough that if he was the only one touching it, it would have been ruled a catch, therefore what Jennings does is IRRELEVANT. All that matters is what the receiver is doing.

You can dispute the legitimacy of the rule, and the interpretation, but the referees followed the letter of the law.
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/NFL: now that replacement refs have cost the packers a win, can we please get the real ones back? *NM* - 25/09/2012 05:14:58 AM 684 Views
I was gonna keep it to one thread, but hell, I'll join yours. - 25/09/2012 05:24:26 AM 749 Views
Link? Clip? - 25/09/2012 05:27:07 AM 703 Views
Let's just say that Gruden used the word "Jobbed" in the live telecast. *NM* - 25/09/2012 05:35:08 AM 435 Views
Here's a link. - 25/09/2012 05:36:56 AM 795 Views
Yes and no; that is the link I referenced in my post. - 25/09/2012 05:47:07 AM 619 Views
Re: Yes and no; that is the link I referenced in my post. - 25/09/2012 05:52:55 AM 851 Views
Re: Yes and no; that is the link I referenced in my post. - 25/09/2012 06:13:46 AM 807 Views
youtube link - 25/09/2012 07:00:29 AM 812 Views
Thanks; that looks like a textbook case of simultaneous possession, which goes to the receiver: TD. - 25/09/2012 07:29:28 AM 702 Views
pete carroll is a cheating douchebag, you cannot take his word for what happened - 25/09/2012 10:59:33 AM 968 Views
I did not; I watched the clip: Simultaneous possession, which goes to the receiver. - 26/09/2012 01:30:18 AM 1309 Views
watch a better replay if you can - 26/09/2012 02:38:17 AM 767 Views
Have now; still not convinced. - 26/09/2012 04:01:23 AM 812 Views
that's ok. you're still wrong - 26/09/2012 04:12:56 AM 826 Views
I know you are but what am I? *MN* - 26/09/2012 04:48:47 AM 769 Views
How have you not seen this play? Are you in a cave? *NM* - 25/09/2012 03:57:55 PM 375 Views
No, I am in Norway, where NFL coverage is rather limited. - 26/09/2012 01:40:07 AM 910 Views
Wait, you're not in Houston? *NM* - 26/09/2012 01:42:45 AM 393 Views
Not since the Texas Sesquicentennial, no. - 26/09/2012 01:45:29 AM 682 Views
While you can hardly blame the replacement refs because they are basically trainees... - 25/09/2012 06:05:22 AM 884 Views
Now I really want to see this play. - 25/09/2012 06:27:42 AM 878 Views
Re: Now I really want to see this play. - 25/09/2012 02:48:56 PM 795 Views
I have still only seen the YouTube clip, but it looked like they both had both hands on the ball. - 26/09/2012 01:58:27 AM 712 Views
There are good views on nfl.com. Will link. - 26/09/2012 02:16:51 AM 859 Views
Thanks; I still do not see much to change my mind. - 26/09/2012 02:32:43 AM 790 Views
The last call was a joke. - 25/09/2012 06:52:59 AM 739 Views
Tie goes to the receiver - the rule for decades. The Packers benefitted from worse calls last year - 25/09/2012 11:31:47 AM 816 Views
you probably think greedo shot first too..... - 25/09/2012 01:49:03 PM 769 Views
They can't reverse that call. - 25/09/2012 04:43:28 PM 853 Views
the only possible way was to rule it incomplete - 25/09/2012 10:42:25 PM 826 Views
Congrats Cannoli, you are the only person (thing?) in the country who thinks it's a TD *NM* - 25/09/2012 03:53:18 PM 501 Views
I'm not even the only person in this thread, moron. *NM* - 25/09/2012 04:07:48 PM 408 Views
Joel hasn't even seen the play, douchebag *NM* - 25/09/2012 04:12:35 PM 374 Views
Just so you can get this information without namecalling ... - 25/09/2012 04:18:41 PM 739 Views
No I mean he hasn't seen the replay over and over on ESPN *NM* - 25/09/2012 04:21:46 PM 381 Views
Interesting. What is the rule with arguing refs? - 25/09/2012 05:18:35 PM 683 Views
That response was disturbingly like my thoughts on the play. - 26/09/2012 01:49:37 AM 779 Views
As a Seahawks fan. - 25/09/2012 02:10:58 PM 732 Views
No. Not with that attitude. *NM* - 25/09/2012 04:03:32 PM 358 Views
*throws public tantrum* *NM* - 25/09/2012 10:39:22 PM 346 Views
Here's the proof Cannoli is refusing to see - 25/09/2012 05:54:07 PM 824 Views
Clearer shot, but stills do not allow us to see where Tates hands were at all times. - 26/09/2012 02:10:25 AM 633 Views
you can't claim "good ol' strip" *AND* simultaneous catch -- which is it? - 26/09/2012 02:35:41 AM 1065 Views
I do not claim both: I claim simultaneous catch but IF not, then strip. - 26/09/2012 03:51:47 AM 1052 Views
you sure you saw the right replay? - 26/09/2012 04:21:57 AM 748 Views
Think so, yeah. - 26/09/2012 04:58:15 AM 869 Views
from another angle -- pun intended - 26/09/2012 04:01:54 PM 742 Views
There are two separate issues: 1) Was it a simultaneous catch; 2) IF not, was it a strip? - 27/09/2012 08:54:52 AM 918 Views
your opinion is against pretty much everyone in the world, so..... *shrug* - 27/09/2012 03:55:33 PM 971 Views
Thanks; I did not expect you to give in so easily. - 27/09/2012 10:14:30 PM 778 Views
did you even read that article??? - 28/09/2012 12:35:39 AM 789 Views
"his control wasn’t established again...." - 28/09/2012 01:08:03 AM 1077 Views
wow, what a thorough analysis you sent me either way, you're still wrong - 28/09/2012 02:05:24 AM 868 Views
That is not an argument. - 28/09/2012 02:26:58 AM 681 Views

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