02-19-2018, 02:05 AM
Personally, I don't really get where the confusion is.
No, the ground can't cause a fumble when a player is running it, but he has also had the ball for a substantial amount of time and has made football moves.
If you catch it and have control of it, then you shouldn't lose control when you hit the ground.
It's about establishing control and keeping it.
Like the one in the Steelers-Patriots game: yes, it looks like he has control, but ask yourself this: if he had control, would he have lost that ball? Was there ever a moment when you said "he has that ball and it can't be knocked out by a light punch"? When I saw that live, I was thinking "there's no way that's a catch."
In this Dez Bryant play, it's tough to see, but the ball hits the ground and he loses it. It wasn't like he caught it, was running, dove, and then lost it; he lost it in the process of jumping and coming down with the ball,
This one of Calvin Johnson, how can you determine that he ever had a grip on the ball or was just bringing it down like a siam dunk?
If you change this rule, then you'll have all kinds of disputes over what a catch is more than now. Just control it and keep control through the catch. It's simple.
No, the ground can't cause a fumble when a player is running it, but he has also had the ball for a substantial amount of time and has made football moves.
If you catch it and have control of it, then you shouldn't lose control when you hit the ground.
It's about establishing control and keeping it.
Like the one in the Steelers-Patriots game: yes, it looks like he has control, but ask yourself this: if he had control, would he have lost that ball? Was there ever a moment when you said "he has that ball and it can't be knocked out by a light punch"? When I saw that live, I was thinking "there's no way that's a catch."
In this Dez Bryant play, it's tough to see, but the ball hits the ground and he loses it. It wasn't like he caught it, was running, dove, and then lost it; he lost it in the process of jumping and coming down with the ball,
This one of Calvin Johnson, how can you determine that he ever had a grip on the ball or was just bringing it down like a siam dunk?
If you change this rule, then you'll have all kinds of disputes over what a catch is more than now. Just control it and keep control through the catch. It's simple.
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