Dez Bryant Explains His Catch

[Maschine_Man]

That catch was secured enough to be brought from two hands to one.

He had it until the ground dislodged after:

1. Three steps
2. Right elbow hit the ground
3. Ground moves ball

I think this rule needs to be revisited. If all of those things happen at anywhere else on the field absent of the ground, that's a catch, correct?

but it WASN"T fully secured before moving to his right hand, the defender tipped it a bit and dez's hand came off it.

 

[LastEmperor2k2]

That catch was secured enough to be brought from two hands to one.

He had it until the ground dislodged after:

1. Three steps
2. Right elbow hit the ground
3. Ground moves ball

I think this rule needs to be revisited. If all of those things happen at anywhere else on the field absent of the ground, that's a catch, correct?

Where you have a point is the rule may need to be revisited.

That's a good proposal, not even change it, but maybe adjust it.

But bottom line if you been watching this game for the last few years, you know that was not a catch under the present rules.

Falling to the ground in the process of the catch, ball movement = no catch

 

[duckbutta]

He has to MAINTAIN possession all the way through.

Item 1: Player Going to the Ground.If a player goes to the ground in the act of catching a pass (with or without contact by an opponent), he must maintain control of the ball throughout the process of contacting the ground, whether in the field of play or the end zone. If he loses control of the ball, and the ball touches the ground before he regains control, the pass is incomplete. If he regains control prior to the ball touching the ground, the pass is complete.

His knee and elbow are clearly down before the ball hit's the ground, so that should be the "goes to the ground" part...

To say that the bobble at the end makes it incomplete is to completely bypass the part where dez leg and elbow are on the ground and he still has possession...so if you think this is not a catch then you also must think that a player who's leg is on the ground and elbow is on the ground while the ball is NOT on the ground is NOT down...

This catch is not the single reason the cowboys lost, they had plenty of chances to put the packers away and did not...but all of this warping of the rule and all of this he didn't complete the process and all of this he made a football move stuff is just ridiculous...

Dez caught the ball...
Dez possessed the ball...
Dez took two steps while he possessed the ball...
Dez either fell, got tackled, or lunged...no matter which one of these things you pick Dez leg hit the ground and he still had possession...he should be down now...and if you don't think he is down now, then his elbow hits the ground and he still has possession, so he should be down then...

AFTTER dez leg and elbow hit the ground Dez lunges for the endzone and the ball bobbles and comes in contact with the ground...

People keep talking about "completing the process" and just keep ignoring the fact that Dez did exactly that...Caught the ball, possessed the ball, took 2 steps, leg down, elbow down...

Why is anything after his leg and elbow being down being considered at all?

 

[NYC Rebel]

but it WASN"T fully secured before moving to his right hand, the defender tipped it a bit and dez's hand came off it.

It was secured IMO. He just transferred the ball.

 

[Maschine_Man]

if thats not a catch I dont know what it is.his elbow hit the ground after he had clear possession. THEN the ball came out, shouldnt his elbow hitting the ground end the 'process'??

the rule just needs to go if its gonna conitnue robbing fans of great moments. too inconsistent.

this is what the refs said back in 2010 regarding a similar call

Here’s the official explanation from outgoing NFL V.P. of officiating Mike Pereira (via NFL spokesman Greg Aiello): “By rule, when a receiver with possession of the ball is in the act of going to the ground and performs a second act by reaching out to break the plane, that completes the process of the catch and the ball is dead when it breaks the plane.”

how many times have we seen a receiver make a great "catch" get to feet in then have momentum drive him out of bounds and the ball pop out and consider it a non catch??
porbably EVERY SINGLE TIME. this is the same thing


now we can argue that the rule is garbage, but this call was called CORRECTLY according to the rule.

 

[Nigerianwonder]

In our judgment, he maintained possession but continued to fall and never had another act common to the game.



So the way I'm reading it, if they thought he had made an "act common to the game" (i.e. a football move), then they would have deemed it a catch.I accept the call they made but its bullshyt. Are they actually saying he didn't have two hands on the ball and hold it against his chest, right before he lets go with his right arm and extends out with his left? Cause that's what happened. The way he had the ball wrapped up, with both hands, if he didn't reach out there would have been no way the ball comes loose. By reaching out instead, he's making a football move for the goal line.reaching out = football move

What he did was a difficult feat of athleticism which he was incorrectly penalized for. The one arm extension towards the goal was clearly a separate and intentional controlled move. i dont see how he could do that without having control or having caught the ball already. in order for the nfl ruling to make sense you would have to assume he didnt mean to reach out with the ball in one hand to goal line.

 

[tru_m.a.c]

y'all still arguing

yo yo. keep clicking refresh on the box score.

I'm sure all your typing is gonna change that shyt.

 

[DosCadenaz]

It was a catch. Doesn't mean we would have won because GB had plenty time so no guarantees. But that should have Been a score at least.

 

[Dwight Howard]

y'all still arguing

yo yo. keep clicking refresh on the box score.

I'm sure all your typing is gonna change that shyt.

no shyt. its just an interesting discussion

 

[philmonroe]

but it WASN"T fully secured before moving to his right hand, the defender tipped it a bit and dez's hand came off it.

What? If he didn't try to stretch it the balls not coming loose don't know what play you watched. He had two hands on it and the defender did nothing that would have stopped it. In hindsight Dez wish he'd just fell to the ground with his two hands on the ball I bet.

 

[goatnole]

He made a football move after making that catch

I don't think they consider "falling to the ground during a catch" a football move.

Falling to the ground while attempting to make a catch nullifies the "football move"

 

[goatnole]

but it WASN"T fully secured before moving to his right hand, the defender tipped it a bit and dez's hand came off it.

I don't think people want to believe this actually happened. It was plain as day that the ball wasn't fully secured.

 

[DosCadenaz]

I mean he had possession the whole time if anything I call fumble because the ground hit the ball. Which case he recovers the fumble or something. It was an obvious catch to cowboys haters everywhere too. Except for people like my uncle who acknowledges he wants to see us fail. He'd say Megatron had his catch but not Dez type of thing. Again not hating on packers y'all won and could have won had the catch stood

 

[JLR Steez]

Catch or not, the packers were gonna drive down the field anyway. Cowboys weren't winning either way.

 

[roxxthe96er]

its a dumb rule then. why does it matter if a player is falling down if the necessary steps are taken>

Because that's the fukkin' rule bruh. That's like asking "Why does it matter if he was over the line of scrimmage? His teammate caught the pass." Bad rules are still rules like shytty laws are still laws.