You are assuming they are telling him everything and not outright lying to him.

The whole point is that it wasn’t a catch-and-run. You have to control the ball first in order to be considered a runner, before crossing the goal line, and then the rules for a running touchdown take over.

He wasn’t in control.........so now what?

Bad rule, good call of the rule.

Quite simply, the RB in your scenario already has unquestionable possession of the ball. The ball touching the plane of the endzone immediately ends the play (as a TD), and nothing that takes place after that instant is live or relevant. With the Jesse James play, because he did not control the ball through the…

Richardson was apparently very disappointed to learn he had to sell the whole team rather than each player individually.

Being “down yet” doesn’t apply because by rule he hadn’t caught the ball yet so it doesn’t matter if he was touched by a defender.

Maybe the rule should be changed. But if the conclusion that a lot of you are drawing from this is “This NFL is such a fucking dumpster fire and a huge joke”, then I don’t know what to say to you. The last quarter of that game was absolutely insane and could not be rivaled by any other live event as far as drama goes.…

I think Romo had every non-Patriots fan reaction. “I don’t know why they’re taking so long. Wait, are they looking at the ball...[replay runs] oh, nooooo.”

Ben pulled that pass right out of Pete Carroll’s playbook.

That boggled my mind too, and then Nance says “I think they’re looking at the ball!!”

When his left elbow hit the ground, he lost grip on the ball with his left hand (one might say DROPPED it) and the ball hit the ground. That’s a pretty clear non-catch according to the rules.

Crazy call. Even Nantz and Romo thought the review was a formality.

I am online reading the Pittsburgh Post Gazette because there is a side of me that belongs locked in an attic.

Steelers had two more shots at the end zone, though. The dumb fake spike play ended it for the Steelers, not this play.

Those final two minutes was probably the most insane last two minutes this season. Also, speaking on catches, that Gronk catch was absurd as someone that big should not be that nimble.

I’m surprised he hasn’t yet drowned in the shower, like a turkey in the rain.

Does Alabama have vote by mail? I feel like every election there’s stories about voter suppression and intimidation and people shutling their neighbors to polling places and I always wonder why activists don’t push vote by mail/absentee ballot more.

Here’s a better way to ask the question:

It’s like if Ted Bundy made dozens of movies about necrophilia, Woody is just not hiding his predilections at all. Let’s not pretend people don’t know what he is, they just don’t care.

Woody Allen has repeatedly written young, beautiful women falling in love with much older men. It grosses me out.