He took 4 steps including one out of bounds with the ball in his possession

The ball was clearly moving and out of his control even before he hit the ground. Get your eyes checked.

Yeah he one handed it to avoid the defender. Only bobbled after he hit the ground. If the ground can’t “cause a fumble” then it shouldn’t count as a defender knocking the ball loose. The rule needs to be tweaked to avoid taking away high level skill plays like this.

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The ball was clearly moving and out of his control even before he hit the ground. Get your eyes checked.

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Yikes...there is still some time to delete this.

It was but it’s over. On to the next game

The snow glows white on the mountain tonight
Not a footprint to be seen
A kingdom of isolation
And it looks like I'm the queen
The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside
Couldn't keep it in, heaven knows I tried
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Be the good girl you always have to be
Conceal, don't feel, don't let them know
Well, now they know
Let it go, let it go
Can't hold it back anymore
Let it go, let it go
Turn away and slam the door
I don't care what they're going to say
Let the storm rage on
The cold never bothered me anyway
It's funny how some distance makes everything seem small
And the fears that once controlled me can't get to me at all
It's time to see what I can do
To test the limits and break through
No right, no wrong, no rules for me
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Let it go, let it go
I am one with the wind and sky
Let it go, let it go
You'll never see me cry
Here I stand and here I stay
Let the storm rage on
My power flurries through the air into the ground
My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around
And one thought crystallizes like an icy blast
I'm never going back, the past is in the past
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That perfect girl is gone
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Let the storm rage on
The cold never bothered me anyway

Do you hear how ridiculous this statement is? Once he is out of bounds they play is over immediately. You can barely break the plane with a ball and fumble and it's a touchdown. But make a catch with 4 steps go out of bounds and the ball moves it's not. Ludicrous.

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Do you hear how ridiculous this statement is? Once he is out of bounds they play is over immediately. You can barely break the plane with a ball and fumble and it's a touchdown. But make a catch with 4 steps go out of bounds and the ball moves it's not. Ludicrous

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No. It’s not ridiculous. According to you, if a player gets one foot in bounds after the “catch” the ball, and throws it up in the air, then it is a catch.

You have to maintain control to the ground if the play takes you there. This isn’t him taking 5 steps after the catch and then losing it. He got a second foot down on his way to the ground and then lost the ball. Clear cut incompletion. You may not like the rule but that is the rule.

It’s like most in here claiming that magically being in the end zone eliminates the rules of what is a catch.

If a player loses the ball out of the end zone trying to make a catch, they don’t call it a catch, and fumble, and thus a touchback. It’s an incomplete pass.

You have to have control, two feet down and make a football move in order for it to be a catch. He didn’t do that.

It’s amazing how many people don’t seem to understand the rules.