Gesicki Touchdown - NFL Apology

[SunsetBengal]

(09-10-2024, 12:26 PM)KillerGoose Wrote: I don't know what they are specifically apologizing for, but that was in no way a touchdown. The receiver has to survive the catch and a specific body part such as a knee, elbow or otherwise touching does not negate this fact. Here is the link to the NFL rulebook. Here is the excerpt that very explicitly and clearly outlines this...





Here is the loss of control...



And here is the ball touching the ground....



This a very clear incomplete pass. 

No one is arguing that the ball didn't move. I'm asserting that the play should have ruled over before the defender lands on Gesicki and jars the ball loose. Perhaps that is what the unnamed league representative though that the review team should have called it?