10-20-2015, 12:24 AM
(10-20-2015, 12:23 AM)rfaulk34 Wrote: It DOES matter because it's a rule. Him going to the ground was a fluid motion as he was catching the ball. He didn't catch it, take steps (establishing a catch) and then go to the ground while being tackled. It was one continuous motion.
Watch the play. He took FOUR steps. The first two were clearly in the field of play and that makes him a runner. Once established as a runner the going to the ground rule is null and void.
To each his own... unless you belong to a political party...