It wasn't a mother loving catch!

No you cant

 

No it wouldn't have

 

Dude, it’s not “agreeing to disagree” if you follow it up with a snark.

In the game as it had played out to that point, it was a reversal of immense importance.

 

Actually, I can. Here's a couple.

With the game in hand and needing to run a couple minutes off the clock to essentially take a comeback away from Brady, we go three and out. A couple first downs anf JJ's catch/no catch never happens and we get the W.

On the Pat's last drive, Sean Davis lets a gift wrapped int go through his hands that would have likely sealed the victory. With that pick, we don't even need a final offensive drive to win the game. Again, JJ's controversial play would never have happened and we still win.

As I continue to stress, there are other instances that impacted the outcome of the game. Could it have turned the tide? Certainly. But the outcome wasn't decided solely on its merit.

Uhm, yes it would have. Knee down, play stops. Let me explain how football works. You don't get to put your knee on the ground and then extend the ball further.

First, the snark felt too good not to let it loose.

Second, I totally agree with you that it was a reversal of immense importance. I never said otherwise. What I DID say, however, was that it did not define the game. There simply were too many other instances that brought us to that point. It was NOT a singular, defining moment.

Seriously? Insulting you would have been saying YOU are a moron. I said that train of thought was moronic. And I stand by that.

And frankly, I wasn't responding to a mod. I was responding to just any other dude with an opinion. I didn't realize that being a mod made your opinions untouchable.

I apologize, Mr. Moderator, for having the audacity to challenge your eminence here by disagreeing with you.

Honestly, you act like I broke the rules here or disobeyed you in your official capacity. When you are posting your opinion, you are not moderating. You're just another one of the masses. If you had showed up in your official capacity to bring order or chastise a rule breaker, then that is different.

 

Perhaps it is you who doesn't understand how football works...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football_rules#Downed_player

In the NFL, unless you are tagged by an opposing player or give yourself up, you are not down. A player carrying the ball (the runner) is downed when any of the following occurs:

• Any part of the runner other than his hands or feet touches the ground. Ankles and wrists count as downed. This may be as a result of:
  • Contact by an opponent (called down by contact) where the opponent tackles the runner by pushing him, grasping him and pulling him to the ground, sliding into his legs, or touching him in any manner prior to any part of the runner other than his hands or feet touching the ground. Unlike the use of the word tackle in other sports, if the opposing player fails to down the ball carrier, it is merely an attempted tackle. If the ball carrier falls onto another player but he doesn't make contact with the ground, he can still get up and keep playing. A player on the ground is not considered part of the ground.
  • Intentionally downing the ball: intentionally kneeling, verbally declaring "I'm down" (except in college), or similar actions. For example, to protect himself from violent hits by opponents attempting to tackle him, the quarterback may choose to slide to the ground feet-first. This slide is interpreted as intentionally downing the ball, and opponents may then be penalized for hitting him.
  • In amateur football, a runner is downed when any part of his body other than his hands or feet touches the ground at any time (unless he is the holder for a place kick). In professional football, the runner is not down for such accidental contact; he must be down by contact with an opponent as described above.

 

Nope. Not more defining than scoring the go ahead touchdown with less than 30 seconds to play. Sorry, try again.


And the fact that you don't know something as basic as knowing when a player is down speaks volumes about your understanding of the game. If you cannot get something so simple right, then further discussion with you is pointless. It's pretty bad that you got it wrong once, and maybe that can be overlooked. But when you repeat your mistake and do it in a condescending and arrogant manner, that makes you a fool.