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Originally Posted by transplant99
No dispute that was a "football move" per se but when a player is going down after making a catch, control must be maintained through the end of the play...by the letter of the existing rule that was not a catch. Its a bad rule but it is what it is.
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I think making a football move means he has completed the catch, then the ground can't cause the fumble. It was a bang-bang play, so tough to tell.
Regardless, we can all agree there is no NFL hidden agenda to get the Cowboys in the show now, otherwise that'd been ruled a catch.