Week 3: Giants at Eagles The description of the "process of the catch" has been fixed in the rulebook, but that does not mean that the ruling has become any easier for spectators. The basic premise remains unchanged: catch the ball and do something after that point, such as run with
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Week 16 “Offical Review”: Catch and control, keeping fumble in bounds
We haven't been reviewing the "Official Review" segments on the NFL Network this season since its debut under Carl Johnson. Johnson, the new vice-president of officiating, has not appeared on the network's signature program NFL Total Access on a weekly basis, like his predecessor, Mike Pereira. In addition, the segment
NFL Network gives less official review with Competition Committee segment
During the search to replace Mike Pereira as vice-president of officiating, we commented that Pereira's replacement must have the talent to be the most visible member of NFL management. By virtue of the weekly "Official Review" segment on the NFL Network's NFL Total Access, the referee boss would be seen
Lions victimized by ‘process of catch’ rule, but they wasn’t robbed
Week 4 “Review”: Ref, Zebra Blog wrong; “Amen” not 15 yards, late QB touch can be
Replay turns incompletion into Jags TD
Week 4: Titans at Jaguars Yikes! The catch-into-the-ground calls took a week off last week, but we are looking at the fourth controversial review of a touchdown (or non-touchdown) catch in as many weeks. The current controversial call came in the Titans–Jaguars game. Nearing halftime, a pass to Jaguars receiver Mike Sims-Walker
Week 2 “Official Review” with the usual suspects (and answers you read here first)
Without getting into tremendous detail, the Week 2 edition of "Official Review" (two-part video that aired on NFL Net and NFL.com) covered the same topics we covered this week. The assessments we gave on the calls were entirely backed up by the league's vice president of officiating, Mike Pereira. The
Catch and stretch stretches catch call
Why Texans TD catch was upheld
Week 1 “Official Review” on NFL Net: Phantom contact call, fair catch signals
This season's first "Official Review" on the NFL Network signature program NFL Total Access offers us a double dip from the league's vice president of officiating, Mike Pereira. In addition to the cablecast segment (video), we were treated to a web-exclusive extended segment (video). The topics: The reversed touchdown catch by