Referee Walt Coleman's explanation for overturning the call: "After reviewing the play, the receiver had two feet down in the end zone with possession of the ball, we have a touchdown."
Here's a quick rundown of the rules. Check out the video below and make your call in the comments section. Then stop back for "In Between the Tackles" on Wednesday when SportsJudge will make their call.
From various media outlets:
~A touchdown occurs when any part of the ball, legally in possession of a player in bounds, breaks the plane of the opponent's goal line, provided it is not a touchback.
~A receiver is deemed to be in possession of a catch when both feet touch down in bounds while the receiver demonstrates control of the football. Should a receiver make a legal catch of the ball with both feet in bounds in the end zone, a touchdown shall be awarded even if no part of the ball was deemed to break the plane of the goal line while in possession of the receiving player.
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don't see that language anywhere in the actual rules. can you cite page number or provide some official link? what you linked to is just an overview and does NOT contain that language.
Correct. What was quoted were arguments from other media outlets, not from the NFL rule book. Sorry for any confusion. The current full NFL rule book is not available online as far as I know, but aside from the shorter version, an older version can be found here...
blogmedia.thenewstribune.com/media/2006%20NFL%20RULEBOOK.pdf
What's interesting is after justifying the overruled TD in the game by explaining that Holmes feet were in the end zone, Coleman clarified his wording to include a discussion of the ball breaking the plane (which I believe is the rule)...
"Yeah, the ball was breaking the plane" and, "he had two feet down and completed the catch with control of the ball breaking the plane of the goal line."
Source: http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/football/bal-sp.ravens15dec15002016,0,5328061.story
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