football move


an american football phrase used in the nfl rulebook used to overturn a clearly caught p-ss by a receiver but referees wish to overturn for no particularly reason. it is often used to screw over the detroit lions and dallas cowboys. naturally stretching out for a touchdown is not a “football move”.
dez bryant caught the football, took took two steps, and stretched out for a touchdown; since he did not make a football move the catch was an incompletion.
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some ridiculous maddenism that became a main stream rule. deems a verified catch or not which has no grounds to judge.
madden: “not a good catch there, not a good catch there didnt make a football move!”
a term used by nfl television -n-lysts in attempt to easily clarify/determine whether a particular p-ss was either a) caught and then fumbled or b) incomplete. the thinking is that if a ball was dropped after making a “football move” that the ball was officially caught and then fumbled. in contrast, if the receiver was not making a “football move,” it was simply a dropped p-ss and therefore incomplete.

the problem with this term is that a receiver could clearly fumble the ball while making a non-football move (e.g. basketball move, volleyball move, etc.).
“and that p-ss is caught by troy williamson at the 30 yard line and he turns sideways while releasing a hook-shot (basketball move) toward the 28 yard-line where it is recovered by al harris – that is an incomplete p-ss and the vikings will retain possession of the ball – that was not a football move…what was al harris thinking picking that ball up after a basketball move?”

this is clearly a catch followed by a fumble without the presence of a “football move.”

i apologize for the unrealistic example – no way williamson would catch the ball.

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