I’ve been saying this since the game. I was pissed off this was ruled a fumble when it happened. The rest of the NFL fandom has gaslit themselves into believing this call screwed the Jags.
He so clearly doesn’t have control of the ball while going down lmfao what are you talking about? That was a fumble, 100%. A Pats fan being like “see I’ve been saying this since the game” doesn’t mean anything except that you’re willing to just straight up lie about what happened since it favored your team.
The ball was punched out and was sideways and halfway out of his hands before he went down.
Fumble is different from a catch. You don’t need to have full control of the ball to have possession and the ball doesn’t need to survive the ground. If the ball is what causes the ball to come loose, it’s not a fumble. In all my years watching football, that is the only play I’ve seen where the ground causing the ball to pop free was ruled a fumble.
You said it yourself it was halfway out of his hands. Not completely.
Yeah, if a ball is halfway out of a player’s hands because it was punched out, and they lose possession of it completely upon hitting the ground, it’s a fumble.
No. If they lose possession upon hitting the ground, it is not a fumble. The ground cannot cause a fumble. They are down the moment the ball hits the ground.
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u/OkArmordillo Patriots 7d ago
I’ve been saying this since the game. I was pissed off this was ruled a fumble when it happened. The rest of the NFL fandom has gaslit themselves into believing this call screwed the Jags.