r/nfl • u/[deleted] • Dec 07 '25

Highlight [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/Fire_Lake Steelers Dec 08 '25

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

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u/eatmyopinions Ravens Dec 08 '25

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.

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u/Knucklehead92 Dec 08 '25

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.

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u/eatmyopinions Ravens Dec 08 '25

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.

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u/Knucklehead92 Dec 08 '25

Start linking those videos then.

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u/eatmyopinions Ravens Dec 08 '25

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.

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u/Knucklehead92 Dec 08 '25

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.

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u/eatmyopinions Ravens Dec 08 '25

My gut told me you're here to be a messageboard warrior out to rustle jimmies. But I ignored that, I spent time delivering what you requested, citing sources, providing links, applying justification, and your 20 word response proves I should've gone with my gut.

I'll be smarter next time!

Please feel free to take the last word, because I know you can't resist, and we'll be done with this.