[dsavillian]

Originally Posted by zamler

Here's the deadball rule:

SECTION 4 – DEAD BALL
The ball is dead:
• Whenever a field official blows the whistle
• When an official has signalled a score
• When the ball goes Out of Bounds
• When a forward pass is declared incomplete
• When a kicked ball strikes the opponent’s goal post assembly in flight, without
first touching the ground, a player or an official
• When the ball carrier is tackled and the forward progress has been halted
(tackling is defined as the act of grasping or encircling a ball carrier with hands and
arms)
• When the ball carrier behind the line of scrimmage is firmly in the grasp and
control of a tackler to the extent that the ball cannot be thrown

So correct call then.