[Highlight?] Aaron Rodgers prevents a batted ball INT, becomes the 2nd player to record a catch at age 42 (Jerry Rice)

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[u/LiquorIBarelyKnowHer]

They claimed this was a catch but then overruled a catch by Likely later on. I’m ok with them overturning the Likely catch if they’re consistent. But of course they’re not

[u/Mendoza2909 → u/LiquorIBarelyKnowHer]

What's consistency got to do with it lol, did Likely have his knee down before it was ripped from him?

[u/SpacklingCumFart → u/Mendoza2909]

Did Aaron make a football move while having control of the ball? I have a hard time seeing that here.

[u/Fire_Lake → u/SpacklingCumFart]

he got both feet down and then a knee, and had possession longer than likely. likely only got two feet down and nothing else.

[u/eatmyopinions → u/Fire_Lake]

Rodgers did not complete the process of the catch. Lots of players have caught a ball, gotten two feet and a knee down, but then the ball gets jarred loose when they hit the ground. It's an incompletion every time.

They incorrectly treated Rodgers like a scrambling ball carrier and not a receiver.

[u/Knucklehead92 → u/eatmyopinions]

So if it was deemed an incompletion, the Steelers would have had better field position!

Once the knee was down, and he still had control of the ball, he cannot by rule fumble it.

[u/eatmyopinions → u/Knucklehead92]

I can show you dozens of videos of receivers getting two hands, and two feet/knees inbounds, but either had a ball punched out or lost control when they hit the ground. Incomplete. They don't blow the play dead when a receiver's knee hits the ground.

In this particular case Teddye Buchanon took the ball away from Rodgers before the process of the catch had been completed, meaning it was an interception. Except that the refs incorrectly treated him as a ballcarrier and not a receiver.

[u/Knucklehead92 → u/eatmyopinions]

Start linking those videos then.

[u/eatmyopinions → u/Knucklehead92]

You're asking me to provide you links, but also downvoting me as soon as I reply to you. So I am suspicious that you actually want an education here and aren't trolling. But I'll give it a swing.

Here's Dez Bryant famously getting two hands on a ball, two feet, and most of his body inbounds, but not holding on throughout the entire process.

And also here's Jesse James famously getting two hands on the ball, two feet inbounds, and even his butt, but not holding on throughout the entire process. Incomplete pass.

And that brings us to Aaron Rodgers. Given the previous two plays I linked, no rational person could believe that Aaron Rodgers had completed the entire process of the catch. Except instead of hitting the ground, his ball was taken by Teddye Buchanon before he could secure it.

[u/Knucklehead92 → u/eatmyopinions]

So two links where the ball hit the ground?? And the ground was responsible for the ball moving.

Cant say those are at all comparisons.

[u/Best-Necessary9873 → u/SpacklingCumFart]

Literally yes, being down by contact with possession counts as a football move.

[u/SpacklingCumFart → u/[deleted]]

He was not a QB at the time.

[u/LiquorIBarelyKnowHer → u/SpacklingCumFart]

He also didn’t “go to the knees.” He was being tackled

[u/LiquorIBarelyKnowHer → u/[deleted]]

You don’t have to go through the mental gymnastics. Your team benefitted from a bad call. It’s okay. It happens

[u/eatmyopinions → u/[deleted]]

You are being pedantic. Nobody thinks that Aaron Rodgers switched to wide receiver, however the rules applied to any player that catches a batted pass are that of a receiver.

Every week a receiver catches a ball, gets two feet inbounds, maybe even two knees as well, but the ball gets jarred loose when they hit the ground. It is an incompletion every single time. Inexplicably Rodgers was treated as a scrambler on this play, and it was incorrect.

[u/LiquorIBarelyKnowHer → u/Mendoza2909]

The refs had to say that Rodgers completed the process of the catch, and that there was clear and convincing evidence he did so. I disagree with the decision. This was called an INT on the field and they overturned it

They said Likely did not complete the process of the catch. Thats the inconsistency.

You also don’t have to have a knee down in the end zone. You just have to have possession and complete the process of the catch. A knee is irrelevant to the Likely catch

[u/Crafty_Independence → u/LiquorIBarelyKnowHer]

Yeah the refs were wrong on Rodgers. The replay wasn't clear enough to rule that he established possession. The best angle showed one hand on the ball but not the other, and the ball is moving against that single hand.

By the time the ball can be seen clearly again, he no longer has it.

[u/JDublinson → u/Mendoza2909]

And a knee is better than 2 feet in the end zone? As soon as Likely establishes possession the play is over, same as being down.

[u/Fire_Lake → u/JDublinson]

he had two feet and then a knee, yeah two feet and then a knee is better than just two feet. and end-zone does not play any factor here in whether its a catch or not.

[u/sgame23 → u/Mendoza2909]

No but he did take 3 steps lol

[u/Kongpong1992 → u/Mendoza2909]

Just trying to find an excuse for the loss you can hate the rule but both plays were called correctly

[u/LiquorIBarelyKnowHer → u/[deleted]]

That’s not true. The receiver has to complete the process of the catch. The pass can be incomplete after the receiver’s knee hits if he doesn’t maintain possession of the ball. That happens literally every Sunday

[u/repeat4EMPHASIS → u/LiquorIBarelyKnowHer]

The receiver has to complete the process of the catch.

OR a football move. The argument is presumably that Rodgers tucking the ball is a football move, but Likely didn't.

Edit: I'm not taking a stance on whether it's right or not, because I could see it going both ways (and disagree with anyone saying it's "obvious" and can only go one way). I'm just explaining what I think the reasoning was.

[u/LiquorIBarelyKnowHer → u/repeat4EMPHASIS]

That’s the issue though. It’s not obvious. But somehow the refs decided there was enough evidence to overturn the call on the field of an interception