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It comes up nearly every weekend, and every time it drives me crazy.
A receiver catches the ball, drops it, it is called a fumble on the field. Then there is some expert commentator giving his opinion on whether the receiver made a 'football move' after catching the ball.
Last night it came up with Andre Johnson's drop against the Colts. It was called a fumble. Yet again a talking head saying (confidently) that it would be reversed because he clearly didn't have possession and make a football move. Yet the call was not reversed: yet another expert wrong on whether a football move was made.
Is this term 'football move' defined anywhere in the rule book? Are there explicit criteria to be applied? I searched here, and found nothing:
Official Playing Rules of the National Football League - NFL.info
This question has been languishing in the 'stupid football questions' thread a while, and it has come up enough recently I thought I'd bump it into the main room.
A receiver catches the ball, drops it, it is called a fumble on the field. Then there is some expert commentator giving his opinion on whether the receiver made a 'football move' after catching the ball.
Last night it came up with Andre Johnson's drop against the Colts. It was called a fumble. Yet again a talking head saying (confidently) that it would be reversed because he clearly didn't have possession and make a football move. Yet the call was not reversed: yet another expert wrong on whether a football move was made.
Is this term 'football move' defined anywhere in the rule book? Are there explicit criteria to be applied? I searched here, and found nothing:
Official Playing Rules of the National Football League - NFL.info
This question has been languishing in the 'stupid football questions' thread a while, and it has come up enough recently I thought I'd bump it into the main room.
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