01-12-2016, 05:56 AM
(01-12-2016, 04:40 AM)treee Wrote: I just watched it again. You can believe whatever you want, but there's 2 important factors. The first is that is was ruled a TD on the field. I don't fault the ref for this ruling because it's super close even in super slow-mo. The second factor is that even with the slow-mo replay there's no indisputable evidence either way. There's no way a ref worth his salt overturns the call on the field. Hypothetically, if it was ruled incomplete they couldn't overturn it the other way, either. That's how borderline the catch was.
There's been plenty of overturned calls regarding catches that were close to the ground based upon whether the ball moved or not. Surely they have the same ability to see this ball moving down his leg rotating until it's secured by the receiver raising his leg. If he had full control there would have been zero reason for him to flip. He secured only when he raised his leg and foot off of the ground. Had the official doing the review take their time and establish exactly when the ball was secured and not moving he would have seen that it was after he took his foot off the ground and pinned it with his leg. Pereira said he saw it spinning so I'm not crazy. The catch wasn't obscured by anyone or anything so there was disputable evidence.
