The ref didn't explain ****. He said, and I quote, "Even though the receiver's knees touched the ground, the ruling on the field stands." Then one of the goober announcers said, "That was an excellent job of explaining the call." It was not an excellent job of explaining the call. All the ref basically said was that it was an incomplete pass. He just said it differently.
The pass was completed, and it was a TD. That is the bottom line. The receiver caught the ball, protected it with one hand, the DB never touched the ball, and after his elbow hit the ground, the ball popped out. The ground made that ball pop out. Once again, the receiver took two steps after the ball was in his hands, and his knees went down while the ball was still in his hands. He protected the ball with one hand. All of this occurred before the ball came out. Only after he hit the ground, did the ball pop out. Those are the facts.
It was a bad call. It was unfortunate for Tampa Bay. I thought for sure they were going to call it a catch. It would have been fitting to the game as well. The Redskins couldn't put any points on the board on offense. Aside from those turnovers in the first quarter, TB shut the Redskins down. They were lucky to get that win.
The Seahawks will beat the Redskins next week, so it makes little difference for them. It just sucks to see the refs blow another big call.