During last nights Vikings/Ravens game, there was one specific play that caused me to question a ruling. Marcus Robinson made a catch in front of the endzone which was called out of bounds - but I'm not so sure he was out of bounds. His first foot definitely landed inbounds - there's no doubt about that. His second foot? Well, when he came down with the ball, the second foot was on the line - definitely out of bounds. Here's the problem, though... Imagine jumping and landing. When you land, your toes touch the ground first, then the rest of your foot follows. When Robinson came down, his toe was inbounds, but as he landed, the rest of his foot landed out of bounds - so is a TD or not? The ref's ruled him out, but I don't see why given the fact that his toes touched inbounds first.
If his toe touched down in bounds prior to the rest of the foot touching out, it should have been called a catch. The coach should have thrown the red flag for review. At least this is how I understand it.
He did throw the flag for review. If you just look at the catch casually, it is pretty easy to say that he was out of bounds - his left foot definitely was out of bounds - except for the toe....
A toe drag is a catch, but since any part of the sideline or endline is out of bounds, the second foot 'landed' on the line and out of bounds. Reverse the situation with heel landing in bounds and then the toes landing on the line. That's out of bounds for the same reason.
yea a toe drag is a catch but maybe think of it as if you are running down the sidelines and half you foot is out of bounds and half is in. You are out of bounds... its kind of the same thing as you toe being in bounds but the rest of your foot out ona catch you know what i'm saying.
