These NFL Catch / Non-Catch Calls Are Getting Worse & Worse!

[ILLINOISLION]

SO Cooper clearly catches the ball, runs two steps and is tackled with his knee clearly down, then his body clearly down (still in complete and clear possession of the ball).....EITHER AND BOTH of which ends the play. Then after rolling over he loses the ball. And then it's ruled incomplete. Absolutely ridiculous.

Sorry, that's a catch.....has always been a catch.....and always should be a catch.

 

[sluggo72]

SO Cooper clearly catches the ball, runs two steps and is tackled with his knee clearly down, then his body clearly down (still in complete and clear possession of the ball).....EITHER AND BOTH of which ends the play. Then after rolling over he loses the ball. And then it's ruled incomplete. Absolutely ridiculous.

Sorry, that's a catch.....has always been a catch.....and always should be a catch.

I agree. I thought he took more than 2 steps

 

[Maverick0]

The Chargers were also screwed out of a TD on Thursday night because of the catch "rule". Cost them the game.

 

[rjg82]

Yep it was a catch

 

[psu00]

SO Cooper clearly catches the ball, runs two steps and is tackled with his knee clearly down, then his body clearly down (still in complete and clear possession of the ball).....EITHER AND BOTH of which ends the play. Then after rolling over he loses the ball. And then it's ruled incomplete. Absolutely ridiculous.

Sorry, that's a catch.....has always been a catch.....and always should be a catch.

The NFL has made ridiculous rules and made things way more complicated than need be on several issues.

If you run the ball and just barely cross the goal line it's a TD. It doesn't matter if you fumble it a fraction of a second later- it's a TD. Meanwhile, if you throw into the endzone it's not good enough to gain possession of the ball across the goal line. You must hold it, make a 'football move' and keep control through any fall to the ground- even if it's well after you've already clearly shown possession of the ball. Just no consistency.

Ground can't cause a fumble on a running play but it can alter a reception on a pass play if you roll over and the ball comes free.

They've tried to outthink everything and constantly add new subsections to rules which just make it a mess.

 

[rem524]

The NFL has made ridiculous rules and made things way more complicated than need be on several issues.

If you run the ball and just barely cross the goal line it's a TD. It doesn't matter if you fumble it a fraction of a second later- it's a TD. Meanwhile, if you throw into the endzone it's not good enough to gain possession of the ball across the goal line. You must hold it, make a 'football move' and keep control through any fall to the ground- even if it's well after you've already clearly shown possession of the ball. Just no consistency.

Ground can't cause a fumble on a running play but it can alter a reception on a pass play if you roll over and the ball comes free.

They've tried to outthink everything and constantly add new subsections to rules which just make it a mess.

I understand the frusration with these rules but I think it would be less consistent to have a play ruled a catch for a touchdown that would not be a catch on the rest of the field. I think this is explained as the player must meet all the requirements of the reception to be ruled to have possession and they must have possession to score a touchdown.

Similar thing for hitting the ground. When you have possession and hit the ground (with contact from a defensive player), the call is down by contact. It makes sense to me that the ground can't cause a fumble because the play is over the instant the player hits the ground. A receiver is not considered to have possession until they maintain control through hitting the ground (or demonstrate control by making a football move).

I totally agree they are over-complicated but I think they are trying to be consistent. Did they do this to reduce the number of fumbles by receivers?