McCarthy with another patented idiotic challenge. Makes you wonder if he knows the rule book.
I don't think it was a terrible challenge. It was worth a shot. I think it was similar to his TD a few weeks ago and by the wording of the rules, it wasn't idiotic. At least not to me. it would have been a pretty substantial play at the time. Turns out we didn't need it, but a nice catch for a 1st down, why not?
I always thought if you were going to the ground, you had to maintain possession. I've seen it always interpreted as going to the ground in the process of making a catch, which was the big hang up with the Dez catch a couple years ago. Did he have possession, make a football move? was he going to the ground on his own? contacted? football move? Jordy clearly caught the ball, and got both feet down, clearly standing upright, then was tackled and brought to the ground where the ball popped out. Had he been diving, or reaching out and started any motion towards the ground, i'd say it would have been a no brainer, he lost it when he hit the ground. no catch.
I know the endzone is treated a little differently. I wonder what the call would have been if this happened in the endzone and not on the sidelines?
I'm not upset this wasn't ruled a catch, i think they should have to hang on longer, but i can see how interpretting the rules could result in this being called a catch at some point.