Bears game 1: Sunday Sep. 12 vs DET on Fox

[BigSlick]

one of the worst calls in the history of the NFL, that rule needs to be changed immediately if thats how you define an 'incomplete pass'

[Jon]

If you have to analyze that much to give a reason why a play isn't a catch it's a catch. That's a bad rule.

It's a pretty straight-forward rule. If you don't have possession through the entire completion when you go to the ground, it's not a catch. It's not a new rule and wasn't a terribly difficult call for the refs.

 

The only question, as they said, was whether there was a second move. There clearly wasn't, so the call was upheld.

[SpongeWorthy]

ONLY MY TEAMS

[rawaction]

Bears outta be thanking whatever God(s) they pray too. That is a horrible rule.

[USSoccer]

If you have to analyze that much to give a reason why a play isn't a catch it's a catch. That's a bad rule.

It's a pretty straight-forward rule. If you don't have possession through the entire completion when you go to the ground, it's not a catch. It's not a new rule and wasn't a terribly difficult call for the refs.

 

The only question, as they said, was whether there was a second move. There clearly wasn't, so the call was upheld.

 

Give me a break. He caught the ball, hit the ground, and flipped it up. Saying anything else in blatant homerism.

[Soul]

The worst way to win. I feel bad for CJ, I really do.

 

He's really special, and made a great play.

[kujay]

If you have to analyze that much to give a reason why a play isn't a catch it's a catch. That's a bad rule.

It's a pretty straight-forward rule. If you don't have possession through the entire completion when you go to the ground, it's not a catch. It's not a new rule and wasn't a terribly difficult call for the refs.

 

The only question, as they said, was whether there was a second move. There clearly wasn't, so the call was upheld.

 

He was clearly pushing himself back up, IMO.

[rawaction]

If you have to analyze that much to give a reason why a play isn't a catch it's a catch. That's a bad rule.

It's a pretty straight-forward rule. If you don't have possession through the entire completion when you go to the ground, it's not a catch. It's not a new rule and wasn't a terribly difficult call for the refs.

 

The only question, as they said, was whether there was a second move. There clearly wasn't, so the call was upheld.

 

Straight forward rule. Bad interpretation. That was TD.

[BigSlick]

If you have to analyze that much to give a reason why a play isn't a catch it's a catch. That's a bad rule.

It's a pretty straight-forward rule. If you don't have possession through the entire completion when you go to the ground, it's not a catch. It's not a new rule and wasn't a terribly difficult call for the refs.

 

The only question, as they said, was whether there was a second move. There clearly wasn't, so the call was upheld.

on the other hand he had clear possession of the ball with two feet down and then his body, and upon thinking he had the td already he kinda just let the ball go

 

it clearly wasn't him losing control of the ball at all, he just thought the play was over

 

oh well whatever, we should have won the game anyway with a FG instead earlier in the game so this makes up for Lovie's amazingly awful coaching

[rawaction]

If you have to analyze that much to give a reason why a play isn't a catch it's a catch. That's a bad rule.

It's a pretty straight-forward rule. If you don't have possession through the entire completion when you go to the ground, it's not a catch. It's not a new rule and wasn't a terribly difficult call for the refs.

 

The only question, as they said, was whether there was a second move. There clearly wasn't, so the call was upheld.

[rawaction]

If you have to analyze that much to give a reason why a play isn't a catch it's a catch. That's a bad rule.

It's a pretty straight-forward rule. If you don't have possession through the entire completion when you go to the ground, it's not a catch. It's not a new rule and wasn't a terribly difficult call for the refs.

 

The only question, as they said, was whether there was a second move. There clearly wasn't, so the call was upheld.

[Jon]

If you have to analyze that much to give a reason why a play isn't a catch it's a catch. That's a bad rule.

It's a pretty straight-forward rule. If you don't have possession through the entire completion when you go to the ground, it's not a catch. It's not a new rule and wasn't a terribly difficult call for the refs.

 

The only question, as they said, was whether there was a second move. There clearly wasn't, so the call was upheld.

 

Give me a break. He caught the ball, hit the ground, and flipped it up. Saying anything else in blatant homerism.

I've seen that call many times in college and the NFL. It's not a new rule. This just happened to be an extreme instance of it.

 

Honestly, there's no way I'd interpret that he had control all the way through the ground.

[Butterscup1679666578]

it sucks for detroit, but they're detroit and calvin johnson is a prick so i dont feel bad for them at all

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

That should have been a TD. At no time did I think Johnson didn't have control. It wasn't an instance of him hitting the ground and dropping the ball.

[Guest]

Honestly, there's no way I'd interpret that he had control all the way through the ground.

 

That is complete lunacy.

[USSoccer]

If you have to analyze that much to give a reason why a play isn't a catch it's a catch. That's a bad rule.

It's a pretty straight-forward rule. If you don't have possession through the entire completion when you go to the ground, it's not a catch. It's not a new rule and wasn't a terribly difficult call for the refs.

 

The only question, as they said, was whether there was a second move. There clearly wasn't, so the call was upheld.

 

Give me a break. He caught the ball, hit the ground, and flipped it up. Saying anything else in blatant homerism.

I've seen that call many times in college and the NFL. It's not a new rule. This just happened to be an extreme instance of it.

 

Honestly, there's no way I'd interpret that he had control all the way through the ground.

 

Receivers do that all the time. He caught the ball, got both feet/knees down, and flipped the ball up. The play ended when he got the 2nd knee down.

[SpongeWorthy]

It should've been a TD because the rule is stupid not because the call was bad.

[E.J.]

In the grand scheme of things, it doesn't matter at all. Both teams are terrible and will be lucky to win more than 5 games this season. That was a horrible football team.

[UMFan83]

Hahaha the Lions are cursed. They got screwed out of a win and their QB might be seriously hurt. Sorry Detroit.

[Mike Aller]

Man. I don't know the exact definition of the rule, but that was brutal. Also, I don't know how anyone could say that he clearly didn't have possession through the ground. That was a bad call, be it because of a bad rule or not.

[JonJayCutler]

It really comes down to whether the receiver is standing or on the ground. If you're standing/running, you can obviously get rid of the ball right after crossing the goalline. But if it's a catch that involves going to the ground, there becomes a "process" where you have to maintain possession until standing back up. Right? The rule is pretty bogus but it's somewhat clear.

 

That said, I'll gladly take the win. No gaurantee that we don't kick a last second FG anyway. It can be done with 25 seconds left and 3 timeouts.

[UMFan83]

Honestly, there's no way I'd interpret that he had control all the way through the ground.

 

That is complete lunacy.

 

I actually agree with him. When I saw the play happen in realtime my friend flipped out and I sat there waiting for a challenge.

[Soul]

Yea, I'm sure the officials will say they don't have a choice there. And that's probably true.

 

But I've got to offer up that I think it should be a catch, or else I'm not being honest.

[Guest]

Not only are we going to lose this but we are going to lose it in the most infuriating way possible that makes our coach look as awful as humanly possible.

 

This season has potential to be entertaining.

Close...but wrong team.

[Magnetic Curses]

the bears got a break, but they deserved to win the game. they dominated the lions.