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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.
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— 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
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— 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
