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it was incomplete. the ground popped the ball out of his hands.

Ground cannot cause a fumble but can cause an incomplete? Stupid. In any case was down before the ball hit the ground. Worst call ever!

fumble means you had control and lost it

incomplete pass you never had control.

bryant started with control, but he never established himself. the two or three footsteps were during his fall to the ground. it would have been in his best interest to stay on his feet and take the mystery out of the play but he couldnt because he was falling. thats what nobody gets. because he was falling he was obligated to continue the catch to the ground. thats the rules. thats when the ball hit the ground, and it cannot legally do so because he was still in the act of the catch because he was falling down when he caught it.

It appears that referee Gene Steratore reached the right decision when taking away Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant’s 31-yard catch on fourth and two. It also appears that he incorrectly administered the reversal process.

Based on the game broadcast, Bryant landed (and failed to keep the ball from hitting the ground) with 4:36 to play in the fourth quarter. A full 30 seconds ticked off the clock before Packers coach Mike McCarthy threw the red challenge flag and Steratore called time out.

After Steratore returned from the replay machine with a Hochuli-esque explanation, Steratore forgot to say one thing: “Please re-set the game clock to four minutes and 36 seconds.”

If the pass was incomplete, the clock would have stopped both because the pass wasn’t caught and because the clock stops automatically on a change of possession. So whatever time was remaining when the ball came loose should have been restored once the call on the field was overturned.

It’s impossible to know how the extra 30 seconds would have altered the remainder of the game, but the fact remains that the Packers would have had more time to kill in order to keep the Cowboys from getting another crack at winning the game.

So while Steratore made a good application of a bad rule, he also apparently ignored a key aspect of the administration of the aftermath of the ruling. And that extra 30 seconds could have meant plenty to the remainder of the game.

Ground cannot cause a fumble but can cause an incomplete? Stupid. In any case was down before the ball hit the ground. Worst call ever!

fumble means you had control and lost it

incomplete pass you never had control.

bryant started with control, but he never established himself. the two or three footsteps were during his fall to the ground. it would have been in his best interest to stay on his feet and take the mystery out of the play but he couldnt because he was falling. thats what nobody gets. because he was falling he was obligated to continue the catch to the ground. thats the rules. thats when the ball hit the ground, and it cannot legally do so because he was still in the act of the catch because he was falling down when he caught it.

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He never lost possession of the ball. He didn't heave a death grip on it, but he never lost possession.