The Catch That Wasn't

[hail2skins]

here is a pic of the Coles catch that wasn't. Is that not possession? Aren't two feet in bounds? What a bad call.

[jporterweb]

Can Anyone get some of the video shots of that? I wanna edit it with some visuals and send a copy to the referees office so that I can teach them what a catch is.

[Emmanouel8]

The idiots on TV are still trying to sound smart by vindicating the ruling on the field. I heard one guy say that Coles needed to make a 'football move' before going out of bounds for it to be a catch but CLEARLY the defender is preventing him from doing that, thus fending off a tackler and reaching for the 1st down aren't football moves?!?!?! BS!

[Emmanouel8]

Oh and on a related note, L.Coles was being interviewed about the play and he said to the affect that he hoped they won b/c he thought the media would have a field day on HIM about it?!

[hail2skins]

If I remember correctly, the ref in the back was the first to make the incomplete call. How? Wouldnt' the guy in front of him have better view.

[warpath]

Just think if that was in the middle of the feild it would have been a fumble.

[SkinsCT]

It was bull, the rules on a what constitutes a fumble should apply here as well: possession has been acknowledged when the receiver has taken two full steps; this is exactly what happened here, so the fact that the ball popped loose should no context on whether it is a catch or not.

[warpath]

:goodpost: thats what I was trying to say.

[Patrick]

Just think if that had been the play that made a diffenence in winning and losing the game. Guess we just need to shake it off and be happy with the win. On to Philly! UCK!!

[DallasSux]

it was a great catch by coles. and did anyone see the dallas jets game refs blew a similar play when chrebet caught the ball and they called it incomplete.

[Hailyeah]

Clearly a catch by Coles. I've seen many a catch like that over the years correctly called with no mention of the nonsense ground can cause a fumble out of bounds propaganda.

[jporterweb]

Originally posted by DallasSux
it was a great catch by coles. and did anyone see the dallas jets game refs blew a similar play when chrebet caught the ball and they called it incomplete.

If I remember correct, that was a different situation. In that situation, the ground assisted in the completion of the catch. Being the ball bounced back up, into his chest, the ground "completed" the catch. That call I can agree with, although it was very close. The Coles call wasn't even CLOSE!