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I wasn't around during the game. What did you feel about the non-fumbles called in this game? What is the rule about a "football move"? I thought the Pats created a couple of turnovers that weren't called. Well, the net-net was a Pats win but I thought they should have gotten a few of those early incompletions as fumbles by the Bolts.
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Well Hobbs made a nice forced fumble which was overturned. Hobbs played terrific IMO. He prevented some huge plays. That leaping deflection was AWESOME. Talk about rejected!
Well Hobbs made a nice forced fumble which was overturned. Hobbs played terrific IMO. He prevented some huge plays. That leaping deflection was AWESOME. Talk about rejected!
No doubt but I felt that the Pats got screwed ob a couple of those calls....
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Re: Fumbles and Incompletes?!
IMO,Hobbs showed some serious "stones" against Huge,Physical receivers,like Gates and Jackson.
For a "little" guy......he was like the boxer,Wille Pepp,
Even that A-hole Ron Borges,can appreciate this analogy.
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IMO,Hobbs showed some serious "stones" against Huge,Physical receivers,like Gates and Jackson.
For a "little" guy......he was like the boxer,Wille Pepp,
Even that A-hole Ron Borges,can appreciate this analogy.
Yeah but I thought the Pats got screwed on a couple of calls early...
Props to them for not getting rattled. That's just Brady being Brady.
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By the "football move" rule, it seems that any time you catch a pass, if you immediately drop to the ground a la Marvin Harrison, you can never fumble.
Is this correct?
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The bottom line is that if there's any doubt this year it's incomplete. I can't explain what a football move is but they lean strongly to incomplete. I was shocked they overturned the Gates one on replay, though, as it's a judgement call.
By the "football move" rule, it seems that any time you catch a pass, if you immediately drop to the ground a la Marvin Harrison, you can never fumble.
Is this correct?
I guess that only applies to the Colts. We'll find out next week.
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By the "football move" rule, it seems that any time you catch a pass, if you immediately drop to the ground a la Marvin Harrison, you can never fumble.
Is this correct?
Pretty much. As I posted in PFK's thread...
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With regards to the fumbles or interceptions, this is how I understand it.
The whole thing about having to make a "football move" didn't come into play in the pass to Gates. In the act of catching the ball and going to the ground you MUST maintain possession of the ball all the way to the ground and come up with it. So when a player goes up for the ball and comes down to the ground with a defender, there can only be three possible outcomes. INC, RECEPTION or INT. There can be no fumble because in order to even be considered a catch you have to be down with the ball. It is the same with all the out of bounds catches / non-catches we see. If you bobble the ball while going out of bounds, INCOMPLETE. Same thing applies when making a catch while going to the ground. THe announcers mentioned also that rule comes into effect when entangled with a defensive player.
Anyhow, that is my understanding of the rule.
It's impossible to fumble if you are in the act of going to the ground when attempting to catch the ball. The whole football move ruling only comes into effect if a receiver is hit AFTER catching the ball. If he goes up for it and comes down to the ground, entangled with a receiver, then it's either INC or CATCH (or INT of course), but can never be a fumble.
Sorry NEM, it's not a case of psychological reffing based on the tuck rule. It's a case of calling it exactly according to the rule book.
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I guess that only applies to the Colts. We'll find out next week.
But when it comes to the Colts, immediately dropping to the ground after making the catch to avoid being hit IS a football move.
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