The highest story nationally Thursday evening was New York Jets WR Garrett Wilson. In Pittsburgh, it was WR George Pickens. For a similar causes however on different sides of the coin. Jets’ followers celebrating Wilson’s unbelievable landing seize initially dominated incomplete however reversed for a landing. Steelers’ followers questioning the way it was completely different than Pickens’ landing taken off the board Monday evening.
Apparently, Pickens felt the identical. In a now-deleted Instagram story, he vented concerning the completely different rulings.
For individuals who have to squint to see, the caption says: “However that’s a catch. Lmfaooo NFL BE HAVING VENDETTAS TOWARDS CERTAIN PLAYERS.”
Right here’s an enlarged portion of the picture.
For individuals who haven’t seen it, a take a look at Wilson’s catch.
And a refresher of what occurred to Pickens Monday evening in opposition to the Giants, initially dominated a landing earlier than being reviewed and reversed to incomplete.
So what’s the distinction? Some consider the refs gave Wilson credit score for tapping his left foot down twice regardless that his proper foot landed out of bounds. Why didn’t Pickens get the identical credit score?
The reason being that’s not why Wilson’s landing counted. The refs dominated that his shin hit inbounds earlier than his knee and physique went out of bounds. And within the NFL, as has been a rule since…perpetually, one shin or knee is the same as each ft. That made it a catch.
Now, it’s shut. However replay evaluation confirmed his shin inbounds simply in entrance of the again of the top zone.
Pickens did no such factor. His knee nor shin ever landed inbounds, falling out of bounds on his butt. That’s the distinction.
To recap:
Similar foot twice = no landing
Each ft = landing
One knee/shin = landing
Pickens could also be annoyed for having that and a separate landing negated, the latter by a Broderick Jones penalty. However there’s no vendetta. These are the best calls. Even when you dislike the rule.
