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RockRam
I personally think that while the rule was enforced properly according to the rule book in the Pats Steelers game, the rule is dumb. The rule needs to mirror how it is for a RB carrying a ball over the goal line. That is, if there is clear possession by the RB BEFORE crossing the goal line, then the ball is dead the instant it touches the goal line in the hands of said RB. This way a RB can reach out the ball with little risk; the ball touches the goal line and THEN instantaneously he loses control of it, it's still a TD.
So the special case of what happens when CROSSING the goal line as opposed to what happens on any other place on the field is already established practice.
Thus while in other places on the field a catch must be controlled all the way to the ground, in instances of making a catch in the field of play near the goal line, the Receiver must show control BEFORE he crosses the goal line, but the instant the ball touches the goal line the play is dead. What happens after that moment is irrelevant.....same as for a RB carrying the ball to the end zone.
This should be the only exception to the catch rule that requires controlling the ball all the way to the ground. Catching a ball in the End Zone or in the field of play stays the same as it is.
SorrynRock, that makes no sense.....
The goal line shouldn't be some sort of magical line that has its own rules.
A RB has possession of the ball when he takes the hand offf, a WR making a catch at the goal line has to complete the catch regardless of where he is on the field
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