Titans Game Thoughts

[idymoe]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

It's a good thing at least one of the refs knew the rule and was also in a position to see that the ball didn't hit the ground.

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Yeah, it's not like it's their job or anything to know all the rules. How lucky.

[Fonz the Boss]

Originally Posted by papabear

In the endzone the rule is that the WR has to maintain possession through contact with the ground.His knee had already hit the ground but in the endzone you have to have possession all the way to the ground...a knee isn't enough in other words. The contact with the ground stipulation was fulfilled when Jacoby landed on the DB. He lost the ball after he "bounced" off the DB and went to the ground a second time.

I replayed this catch again and if thats the case then the ball had broken the plane when his knee had hit the ground before he was spun and landed in the endzone. That means it was determined by the refs that possession was established outside the endzone, his knee hit the ground but the ball was already crossing the plane so that ended the play as a TD.

[HPF Bob]

Originally Posted by idymoe

Yeah, it's not like it's their job or anything to know all the rules. How lucky.

Well, it's their part-time job. These guys are insurance salesmen and high school principals and such in real life.

And given how often these guys get it wrong, we were lucky that this time they got it right.