Originally posted by CHOPS44
NFL director of officiating Mike Pereira said, "When you are going to the ground, even though two feet hit and an elbow hits, when you hit the ground, you have to maintain control of the ball. It's the same at the 50-yard line as it is in the end zone. It's the same in bounds as it is out of bounds. Even though the feet come down first, if the ball comes loose, which it did here, if you don't maintain control of the ball, it's an incomplete pass."
Isn't it easy to make up rules for your own convinence?