Lionized

[bigwinnner8]

They wouldn't even review that catch Calvin made yesterday if it would have been, say, Manning to Wayne to win with 30 seconds left. I don't usually criticize officiating in the NFL but the Lions got jobbed yesterday.

[bpd67]

I agree, i was at the game and everyone thought it should have been a TD. However, if you read the rule, the officials got it right. It wasn't the officiating on this case, it's the NFL's stupid rule.

Here's the verbage of the rule

"If a player goes to the ground in the act of catching a pass (with or without contact by an opponent), he must maintain control of the ball after he touches the ground, whether in the field of play or the end zone. If he loses control of the ball, and the ball touches the ground before he regains control, the pass is incomplete. If he regains control prior to the ball touching the ground, the pass is complete."

Lost, I was. This rule obviously needs some changing.