Pillow V: You Only Live Twice

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Originally Posted by ateamstupid

This is spot on. I remember in the Jets/Bills Thursday night game last season, David Clowney caught the ball in the endzone, had two feet down, then lost the ball after he rolled to the ground. They called it incomplete. Possession, two feet in endzone, DEAD BALL, TOUCHDOWN. It's completely contradictory to basic football rules to say otherwise.

If a runner dives and breaks the plane of the end zone and fumbles when he hits the ground it is a TD because as you said the ball is dead as soon as is it is a TD. But a receiver now has to "complete the process" of making a catch? So if he catches it, get 2 feet in, controls the ball and spikes it is that not a catch anymore either? In their lust to control every single thing that happens on and off the field the NFL come up with bs like this. Instead of simplifying the game they make it more complicated.

I'm sure we will hear about this stupid rule 1 million times over the next 2 days.