I am still dumbfounded by that call. Did he catch it and throw it forward? Yes. My question is why is there a different standard applied to that call than any other forward pass?
He clearly didn't possess the football through the ground, so therefore, he never possessed the ball, he caught it but he didn't make a football move after establishing possession. If he did't possess it/control it, how could he possibly have made a 2nd forward pass? I've seen guys catch and hold the ball a lot longer and it not be ruled a catch. I guess the better action would have been to catch it and let it fall out of his hands when he it the ground...
I was pretty stunned when they overturned that call.
He clearly didn't possess the football through the ground, so therefore, he never possessed the ball, he caught it but he didn't make a football move after establishing possession. If he did't possess it/control it, how could he possibly have made a 2nd forward pass? I've seen guys catch and hold the ball a lot longer and it not be ruled a catch. I guess the better action would have been to catch it and let it fall out of his hands when he it the ground...
I was pretty stunned when they overturned that call.