Same exact play happened in the Pats game with Watson and they gave Watson the TD. Literally almost identical, terrible call in the Raiders game, he had 2 feet down and possession, that's a catch. The only way it isn't a catch is if the act of the catch includes contact with the ground (i.e. a diving catch), where the receiver needs to keep his hands under the ball. Terrible call here for the Raiders.
I cannot find an 'official NFL rule book' anywhere! have searched for this in the past and yesterday and now tonight and no luck...and i can find about anything online!
NFL.com offers some rules, but it is extremely weak.
I challenge anyone on here to find "official rule book of the NFL"
this doesn't count: http://www.amazon.com/Official-Playing-Rules-NFL-2008/dp/1600781438 I'm not paying for it!
NFL.com offers some rules, but it is extremely weak.
I challenge anyone on here to find "official rule book of the NFL"
this doesn't count: http://www.amazon.com/Official-Playing-Rules-NFL-2008/dp/1600781438 I'm not paying for it!
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I think there's too much subjectivity to put a rule on it. It literally depends on what type of catch it is. The key is if the receiver has possession and possession should mean if the receiver has control of the ball with two feet in and the ball over the goal line, it's a TD. In the raiders game they were basically saying he didn't have full possession with 2 feet down when he caught it, which brings into play the ground as part of the catch. It was basically BS since he had control and feet down in the first place. I'm only interested in this game as a football fan but that was really bad.
I think there's too much subjectivity to put a rule on it. It literally depends on what type of catch it is. The key is if the receiver has possession and possession should mean if the receiver has control of the ball with two feet in and the ball over the goal line, it's a TD. In the raiders game they were basically saying he didn't have full possession with 2 feet down when he caught it, which brings into play the ground as part of the catch. It was basically BS since he had control and feet down in the first place. I'm only interested in this game as a football fan but that was really bad.
