What is a catch/Tate TD ?

[BmorePat87]

(10-19-2015, 08:29 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: It's a very dumb rule !!!!

If a player has clear possession in the field of play, as Eifert did, takes 2 or more steps in the field then crosses the goal line he should have been considered a runner at that point. The whole being engaged by a tackler is BS.

Tate had the ball on the field of play (if at all) for a half a nanno second. He was never established on the field, 98% of the ball was on the goal line when caught.

How does Tate ever get established as a runner crossing the goal line ? He was a receiver already in the end zone. They need to clean this rule up it's waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyy to open to interpretation.

The whole Calvin Johnson rule thing is stupid - period. We don't need all these rules.

Half a nano second is all Tate needs to have possession. Those two steps he took with control of the ball was what mattered.