madlithuanian Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 Interesting take. Very cut and dry for him... http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/clinton...whitlock-091610 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daventry Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 Having not seen it, from the furor here I assumed that it was quite a close call. This is not the first person I have read since saying it was not a close call, it was clearly an incomplete pass.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfoligno Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 I think most seem to agree that, by rule, it was an incomplete pass, but at the same time, many question the rule itself. At the end of the day, for me, the rule may not be a good one, but it isn't a new one either. Det is not the first team to get hosed by the rule (we have a couple times) and won't be the last. Having not seen it, from the furor here I assumed that it was quite a close call. This is not the first person I have read since saying it was not a close call, it was clearly an incomplete pass.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChileBear Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 I think most seem to agree that, by rule, it was an incomplete pass, but at the same time, many question the rule itself. At the end of the day, for me, the rule may not be a good one, but it isn't a new one either. Det is not the first team to get hosed by the rule (we have a couple times) and won't be the last. Read the article earlier and agree with him. Move on and give it up on this rule that has been with us for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madlithuanian Posted September 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 I hear ya. It is actualy odd to finally hear a fairly major sportswriter chime in and say it wasn't a catch. Read the article earlier and agree with him. Move on and give it up on this rule that has been with us for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ54 Posted September 17, 2010 Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 Sterling Sharpe said (and I quote loosely) "you're a professional, know the rules, make the catch" Matt Forte said: "The officials came in during camp and made that a point of emphasis so I knew I had to hold onto the ball on my catch in the endzone." The rule is designed to take subjectiveness out of the equation when officials make calls. Therefore it's a good rule. Occasionally we'll see a situation where a guy clearly catches a ball only to drop it or bobble it when he hits the ground. Incomplete. Just because Calvin Johnson created his own bobble does not change the fact he lost the ball in the act of going to the ground. The act of going to the ground is not the instant you hit the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowlingtwig Posted September 18, 2010 Report Share Posted September 18, 2010 Sterling Sharpe said (and I quote loosely) "you're a professional, know the rules, make the catch" Matt Forte said: "The officials came in during camp and made that a point of emphasis so I knew I had to hold onto the ball on my catch in the endzone." The rule is designed to take subjectiveness out of the equation when officials make calls. Therefore it's a good rule. Occasionally we'll see a situation where a guy clearly catches a ball only to drop it or bobble it when he hits the ground. Incomplete. Just because Calvin Johnson created his own bobble does not change the fact he lost the ball in the act of going to the ground. The act of going to the ground is not the instant you hit the ground. That was a great article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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