People ballistic over Jones' incomplete catch
The NFL's new catch rule wording (scroll all the way down to read the phrasing) was supposed to make sure controversial decisions were put to rest.
Just one game into 2018, there was another controversial decision.
Julio Jones made this stunning third-quarter catch ruled incomplete on the field that was officially a catch thanks to replay confirming it:
Did Jones have possession before going out of bounds?
When the call was confirmed, this was the reaction:
By the way, here's the phrasing from Paste BN Sports back in March:
Under the new language, establishing a catch would require control, two feet (or another body part) in bounds and a football move. The "surviving the ground" element, which proved to be a sticking point on some of the league's most notable rulings, no longer applies.
It's going to be another year of this controversy, isn't it?
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