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Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles
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It mattered a lot, because it kept the Colts' chances to win that game alive.
It was a horrible call, it was in as crucial a situation as could be (late in the 4th quarter of a playoff game), and it went in the Colts' favor ........ to assert that referees should not be judged unless their awful calls cost a team a game (and/or that awful calls are not worth bringing up in regard to a discussion about catch rules if the team that was screwed wound up winning the game) is illogical.
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I still think it does matter whether it made a difference in the outcome, but I would grant that was a bad call as well and if Pitt had lost due to that call I can see why they would be mad.
The problem with the catch rules are they tried to come up with a rule that makes it "easy" for refs to interpret and in the process they get ridiculous results like what we saw yesterday or with Dez Bryant where obvious catches are ruled incomplete.
The play yesterday goes against everything else we see in the NFL with plays at the goal line where the play is over when the ball touches the goal line.
Now if you catch it IN the end zone, that's different.