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Chris Chambers TouchDown Catch.

I believe that rules associated with this specific situation were changed for this year... I think mainly because of something that happened with a reciever in Tampa either last year or the year before... (anyone remember the specific play?)

That being said, IMO a rule should never compromise the "spirit of the game". And in the spirit of the game, that was a TD. I don't care what team scored it... Everyone considered it a touchdown... even the Jets guys upstairs who saw the play in slo-mo thought it was a TD... But Herman Edwards said he made the challenge based on his gut and based on his expereince with that play that I mentioned earlier in Tampa...

So in closing I guess my point is... Technically it may not have been a TD... But in the "spirit of the game" it was, and therefore they need to modify the rule for this type of situation. I.E. If the player catches the ball and demonstrates control all the way to the point of it impacting with the ground it should be a reception.

Blast me if you must, but thats just my opinion.
 
It is the Bert Emanuel rule. It actually has more to do with the hands being beneath the ball instead of just having control of it even though the nose of the ball is touching the ground if AI REMEMBER correctly.
 
how come everybody talks about the ball being dropped, you forget what it said in the rule book, when a receivers feet come down inbounds and he has control, the play is then dead!
 
13 ... I would agree with one exception: your "modified" rule should only apply to touchdowns. That would bring it into line with the rules regarding a runner breaking the plane of the goal line.
 
Originally posted by DrAstroZoom
13 ... I would agree with one exception: your "modified" rule should only apply to touchdowns. That would bring it into line with the rules regarding a runner breaking the plane of the goal line.
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I agree with that Doc.
 
Originally posted by 85inthehall
Question:
The rule for the ball breaking crossing the goal line is that the ball carrier has to have the ball in his possession and it it has to break the plane and the play is immediately a touchdown. If he loses possession after that, even whil ein the air, it doesn't matter. All that is required for a touchdown is possession in the endzone. Why is this different? It isn't. The official mistakingly applied the rules of a catch in the field of play to this call.

The difference: I player that is entering the end zone has demonstrated possession prior to crossing the plane of the gaol line. For example a running back gets a hand off, makes a football move, and crosses the plane of the endzone losing the ball after the score. It's a touchdown because he demonstrated complete control. Same with a receiver catching the ball running to the zone and losing it on a dive after crossing the plane - touchdown because he demonstrated control
The overturned call the reciver never demonstrated complete control because the ball impacted the ground and bobbled - thus no complete control - thus no catch.
Simple
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that was a whole lot of nothing. we all understand the rule. teherule sucks and all it comes down to is if teh ref wants to give the home team a bone, he will. unless your the dolphins in november/december that is. bottome line is chambers had complete control and the fact that the ball barely hit the ground after clearly catching the ball and having two feet on the ground in bounds is the deal. everything else is BS.
 
the fact that the ball barely hit the ground after --- you prove the correct call was made with that statement
 
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