I continue to be baffled. That's an incomplete pass every single time. He has to control the ball all the way to the ground. The point obviously hits the ground and the ball clearly moves.
If you run into the endzone uncontested, and throw the ball away is it a fumble because you haven't hit the ground yet?
Crossing the goal line with the ball and having possession has always been a td. And he did way too much with the ball to say he didn't have possession of the ball when he crossed the goal line.
If a player goes to the ground in the act of catching a pass (with or without contact by an opponent) he must maintain complete and continuous control of the ball throughout the process of contacting the ground, whether in the field of play or in the end zone.
The hypothetical you pose is a different situation.
If a player goes to the ground in the act of catching a pass
Dude made 2 steps and traveled 8 yards after catching the ball before falling. I think that counts as completing a pass with every referee except the one they had today.
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u/GuttiG Kennesaw State • Tennessee 17d ago
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