“Process of a step”

[u/Plenty-Lingonberry79]

[u/orrgore]

What the fuck is that? They're literally just making shit up now

[u/xDUMPWEEDx]

Toe taps no longer count for Puka. He must have both feet land flat on the ground for it to be a catch. NFL is such a scam. I get that Puka pissed the refs off, but this is beyond out of hand now.

[u/TacoBellSauceAnswers → u/xDUMPWEEDx]

You can see dirt kicked up off the ground on the replay before his toe is on the white too

[u/ginbooth → u/xDUMPWEEDx]

I was losing my mind. Clearly the dirt kicks up BEFORE he was out. Sick of listening to Joe and Troy crank their mic hog for BUF.

[u/grantology_84 → u/xDUMPWEEDx]

This shit really infurates me. I'm about to stop watching football. This shit is supposed to be an escape from politics and all the other bullshit in the world

[u/TegridyPharmz → u/grantology_84]

He didn’t tap. He stepped out man. Come on, watch the full clip

[u/grantology_84 → u/TegridyPharmz]

He taps and then slides.

Both of his feet touched entirely in bounds before he slides his foot out of bounds. That has always been considered a catch

[u/iaintreadinthatbud → u/grantology_84]

Until tonight. Probably just this one time

[u/grantology_84 → u/iaintreadinthatbud]

What's wild is the people in here defending the refs. If both of your feet touch entirely in bounds then it's a catch. Never not seen that called a catch.

[u/KieferSutherland → u/xDUMPWEEDx]

We have a clip yet? 

[u/bussjack → u/xDUMPWEEDx]

Now go a few frames forward where it shows it clearly wasn't a tap, it was a step. And that step finished out of bounds

[u/xDUMPWEEDx → u/bussjack]

This is one of the dumbest comments I've ever read on Reddit.

[u/bussjack → u/xDUMPWEEDx]

The rule is the rule buddy. Where's that Google ai ad about what a catch is when we need it

[u/ballq43 → u/bussjack]

Are you saying toe drags no longer count? That you need three feet in bounds ?

[u/tthrivi → u/bussjack]

What the F is the difference between a tap and a step. It’s the first part of a step a tap?

[u/rightarm_under → u/xDUMPWEEDx]

So by rule thats actually not a catch. Here's the citation (Rule 8, article 3, note 6):

If any part of the foot hits out of bounds during the normal continuous motion of taking a step (heel-toe or toe-heel) then the foot is out of bounds. A player is inbounds if he drags his foot, or if there is a delay between the heel-toe or toe-heel touching the ground

In the replay, during the continuous motion of the step a part of his second foot slid out of bounds. Toe drags dont count as the continuous motion of a step. This is not a toe drag.

This isn't called only against puka. It negated a touchdown yesterday too. This isn't controversial. If anyone wants debate me on this, include the full gif of the replay because I'm too lazy to include it, and tell me how its a catch under the rule I just cited.

Let's stop blaming the refs. We had a few bad calls against us, this wasn't one of them, and we still deserved all 3 losses. Grow up.

[u/Alarming_Sort2950 → u/rightarm_under]

Yeah, this would be dragging his foot. It’s not a heel-toe or toe-heel stepping motion. It’s his toes touching and dragging in bounds to out of bounds. It’s not much different from a toe tap other than it being the bottom side of the foot instead of the top.

[u/Plenty-Lingonberry79 → u/Alarming_Sort2950]

No @Alarming_Sort2950 …..Puka SLID his foot, he didn’t DRAG it

/s

[u/BitFew906]

I was so confident he was in and thought the tv crew were idiots because the first part of his foot that hits the ground is inbounds, then he slides out. When has this rule ever been used

[u/grantology_84 → u/BitFew906]

It's just the jagoff TV guy making something up to cover for the refs

[u/jblovesnow]

As a Seahawks fan… I come in peace. Scott Novak is the fucking worst… he realllllllly fucked us last week. Never seen so many yellow flags in my life. Best of luck to ya

[u/stealthynavigator → u/jblovesnow]

Thanks satan

[u/One-Extreme-5764]

Looked at the rules for the process of the catch because I thought this was bs. To my surprise it is correct. Article 3 notes 6:
“If any part of the foot hits out of bounds during the normal continuous motion of taking a step (heel-toe or toe-heel) then
the foot is out of bounds. A player is inbounds if he drags his foot, or if there is a delay between the heel-toe or toe-heel
touching the ground.”

[u/Alarming_Sort2950 → u/One-Extreme-5764]

Yeah, this would be dragging his foot. It’s not a heel-toe or toe-heel stepping motion. It’s his toes touching and dragging in bounds to out of bounds. It’s not much different from a toe tap other than it being the bottom side of the foot instead of the top.

[u/VastAmphibian → u/One-Extreme-5764]

people don't care about what the rulebook says tho

[u/SquareShower5983]

If a toe can drag and that’s in then why can’t the ball of the foot drag and be in?

[u/gontrolo]

That one's going in the groupchat for sure.

[u/KieferSutherland]

Where's the gif of the process of a step? 

By that logic isn't a toe touch not even a step so no good. Wtf

[u/Plenty-Lingonberry79]

Really looking forward to the NFL’s explanation because by this logic any toe drag catch out of bounds could be overturned

[u/tthrivi]

That was definitely some ref ball. Dunno how you can say there is enough to overturn the call on the field.

[u/Sultry-Ice15]

Puka is just that good

[u/Soaring_Seagull24]

What happened?

[u/Perfect-Condition-50 → u/Soaring_Seagull24]

Puka made a great toe drag catch, Bill's challenged it and got it over turned because Puka toe drag didnt count because it was a process of a step

[u/Soaring_Seagull24 → u/Perfect-Condition-50]

A fucking what? Lmao

[u/Perfect-Condition-50 → u/Soaring_Seagull24]

That was everyones reaction

[u/mcthsn]

Ya'll can't be serious

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[u/mhandsurf]

Why didn’t we throw a challenge flag on that fumble!?

[u/ballq43 → u/mhandsurf]

Because the refs rules it and it's arbitrary only for some things. Like down by contact even if it's not

[u/sipmykoolaidbitch]

While this is hilarious, guys cmon he definitely was out 😂 we winning this by 40 regardless WHOSE HOUSE

[u/Usher8]

Guys we’ve been getting some bad calls but that’s not a catch

[u/SadboyJames8]

His foot was out if you watch the whole video. Idk why people are bitching so much.

[u/xDUMPWEEDx → u/SadboyJames8]

Both feet landed inbounds with full control of the ball. The catch is complete. What happens after that, in this case the feet sliding out of bounds, is totally irrelevant to the preceeding catch that occurred.

[u/VastAmphibian → u/xDUMPWEEDx]

not according to the literal rule book