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Originally Posted by Chief Pagan
Well whether it is a dumb rule or not. It is relatively easy to officiate.
The studio ref thought the overturning was straight forward before the call was announced and I agreed with him.
The football move is the third step and it didn't happen.
But likewise, you pull the jersey back from the receiver and it doesn't matter if it is ticky tacky or not. That is asking for PI.
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What's to stop an "intelligent" player catching a ball 5 yards behind the line of scrimmage and seeing no possible way of getting positive yards from just standing there and waiting for the hit and "fumbling?"
He never took a 3rd step, so no matter how long it took for the defender to get there it's not a catch.
At some point common sense needs to take over.