Official 2010 NFL Regular Season Thread

Man, did I make a mistake by putting in Buerlson instead of Mark Clayton.

Total trap game for SF.

RIP me in the Survival game. I had the 49ers

I wasn't watching the whole phi/gb game: why is vick qb and not kolb?

Man, the eagles are coming back. I wonder if they start vick next week. He's looked pretty good so far.

well, I officially lost today in my FF game.. Kolb is out, they're not passing to Celek, yada yada yada

Yeah, Vick doesn't look too bad right now, but when a team fully prepares for him, and when other teams remember that he can't read blitzes, and when pressured he throws the ball more inaccurately than usual, he won't look so good.

Detroit Lions, Calvin Johnson Robbed of Game-Winning Touchdown

... And so the bad calls begin.

The topic of the day is certainly the non-touchdown call of Calvin Johnson's touchdown reception with 24-seconds left.

Down 14-19 with quarterback Matt Stafford knocked out of the game, it was backup Shaun Hill who stepped in and drove the Lions down the field to put them in position to give his team a chance.

Hill threw a pass into the end zone where Calvin Johnson made an amazing play on the ball, positioning his body and leaping up over the defender to make an incredible catch for the would-be go-ahead touchdown.

But wait–with under two minutes left on the clock, the play went under review by the officials.

After possessing the ball in his hands, landing both feet on the ground, holding it to the ground where both his knee and backside hit the ground in bounds; Johnson then palmed the ball to the turf where he proceeded to "lose possession."

The call was overturned and the touchdown was taken away.

NFL rules state the following:

If a player goes to the ground in the act of catching a pass (with or without contact by an opponent), he must maintain control of the ball after he touches the ground, whether in the field of play or the end zone. If he loses control of the ball, and the ball touches the ground before he regains control, the pass is incomplete. If he regains control prior to the ball touching the ground, the pass is complete.

The rules here are far too vague about this situation.

How long, exactly, must a player possess the ball after he hits the ground? If Johnson catches the ball, possesses it to the ground, and then tosses it in the air from his back as part of a celebration–is that not a catch?

Not only that, but the play should have been over numerous times. Johnson caught the ball, touched two feet down–play over. As he fell, his knee touches the ground in bounds–play over. As he fell further, his backside hit the ground, again in bounds–play over!

Johnson had possession and should have been ruled down well before the ball hit the ground.

The NFL is setting a dangerous precedent with this ruling. If a receiver is not down when he catches the ball and hits two feet down in the end zone, then the door is opened for defenders to lay late hits on receivers in an attempt to knock the receiver down and get them to drop the ball.

It's too late to overturn this terrible call and give the Lions the win they deserve, but this rule needs to be immediately re-evaluated and changed.

Lions fans, I feel your pain. Bears fans, enjoy your "win."

I am interested in seeing how McNabb performs tonight. I hate both teams, but I would rather see the 'skins win.

Vick played great. I think if Kolb plays like garbage put Vick as the starter. Is Kolb signed to a big money contract?