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December 3, 2023 3: 51 pm ET
Despite whatever, it is 2023, and we still do not understand what plainly makesup a catch in expert football. And sadly, the NFL’s strange guidelines just include confusion whenever a secret catch series comes up.
Take this essential end-of-first-half series inbetween the Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals on Sunday as a best example.
After Arizona drove down to the red zone, Kyler Murray introduced a best penny to his tight end, Trey McBride, who made an acrobatic catch for what appeared to be a goal. But this is the NFL, which firmlyinsists that a capture’s “full procedure” be finished every time no matter what — a.k.a. the “Calvin Johnson Rule.” Upon additional evaluation, McBride’s almost-perfect catch was taken off the board as a result.
He lost no time redeeming himself versus a stout Pittsburgh protective stand on the really next play:
CBS guidelines expert Gene Steratore idea Cardinals TE Trey McBride had a goal vs the Steelers, on what was atfirst ruled a goal.
But after evaluation, it was ruled insufficient.
McBride then scored a goal that really counted on the next play. 🏈🦓👮♂️📺CHELOR’SDEGREE🎙️ pic.twitter.com/ll5AOe1hLl
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) December 3, 2023
Even with the NFL’s rubbish catch guidelines, one evergreen guideline surpasses all in sports: ball wear’t lie.
This was how Twitter responded to McBride’s series of a catch and “non-catch” in the end zone
Trey McBride dynasty supervisors (me) pic.twitter.com/ZWePqkpoEX
— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) December 3, 2023
They went on and on and on laying out the case as to why this Trey McBride TD must stand and naturally…it was reversed 😂
But when onceagain ball puton’t lie, and McBride got o