{"id":5284,"date":"2024-11-03T02:25:12","date_gmt":"2024-11-03T02:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotnews.azontree.com\/?p=5284"},"modified":"2024-11-03T02:25:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T02:25:12","slug":"breaking-nfl-insider-suggests-rule-change-after-steelers-george-pickens-nullified-td-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotnews.azontree.com\/?p=5284","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: NFL Insider Suggests Rule Change After Steelers\u2019 George Pickens Nullified TD.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2179873324.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2179873324.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2179873324.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2179873324.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"George Pickens\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"161\" data-dom-ready-time=\"204\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span>NFL Insider Mike Florio argued the league should consider taking a look at the catch requirements after George Pickens tapped the same foot twice on a potential touchdown reception in Week 8.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the NFL, wide receivers have to get two feet in bounds to record a catch. Despite a great effort from\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0wide receiver\u00a0George Pickens\u00a0on a potential touchdown catch in Week 8, tapping the same foot twice is not the same as getting both feet in bounds.<\/p>\n<p>But maybe it should count as the same? That\u2019s what Pro Football Talk\u2019s Mike Florio proposed on his podcast on October 29.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe they need to look at that rule. Maybe two feet, not both feet, two steps, not both feet. If you have it long enough to actually take two steps with the same leg, maybe that should be enough for it to be a catch,\u201d\u00a0suggested Florio.<\/p>\n<p>The discussion on Florio\u2019s show arose because of a unique situation involving Pickens in the\u00a0<em>Monday Night Football<\/em>\u00a0matchup against the\u00a0New York Giants.<\/p>\n<p>In the second quarter, the officiating crew initially ruled Pickens had caught a 9-yard touchdown in the back of the end zone. But with replay assist, the officials changed the call to incomplete because video showed Pickens tapped his right foot twice and didn\u2019t get his left foot inbounds.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_2_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-2 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><iframe class=\"ql-video\" src=\"https:\/\/video.twimg.com\/ext_tw_video\/1851069346027884544\/pu\/vid\/avc1\/724x458\/OTmijRT2rElkA8pn.mp4?tag=12\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>WR George Pickens Fails to Complete Process of NFL Catch<\/h2>\n<p>When the play happened live, it appeared Pickens had made a beautiful catch to snag the ball above two Giants defenders and keep control of it with only his hands. He also contorted his body to tap two feet inbounds.<\/p>\n<p>But the replay cleared showed that the two feet Pickens had inbounds was actually the same foot twice. Under the NFL rules for what constitutes a catch, that made the attempt an incomplete pass.<\/p>\n<p>To make the attempt a touchdown reception, Pickens needed to drag his left foot or tap it before any part of his body hit out of bounds.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s very unusual to see an NFL receiver tap the same foot twice inbounds without the other foot hitting the ground at all. But that\u2019s exactly what happened to Pickens in the end zone versus the Giants.<\/p>\n<p>While Florio lobbied for the league to consider making what Pickens did a legal catch, he concluded that under the league\u2019s current catch rules, it\u2019s the receiver\u2019s responsibility to get \u201cboth\u201d feet, not just \u201ctwo\u201d feet inbounds to record a reception.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, it\u2019s on [Pickens],\u201d\u00a0Florio said. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen receivers with the presence of mind, and we marvel at it. Falling down, body contorted, that last foot hits and the little carcinogenic black pellets go flying up to help us see that the other foot hits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Pickens] is a high-end professional athlete. He knows the rule. The second foot, the other foot, has to come down.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Mike Tomlin Wasted Timeout Challenging Pickens\u2019 Nullified TD<\/h2>\n<p>The Steelers had already kicked two field goals in the red zone before Pickens\u2019 near touchdown in the second quarter during Week 8. Pickens appeared to give the Steelers a 6-point lead over the Giants, but then replay assist forced the Steelers into a fourth-down situation at the New York 9-yard line.<\/p>\n<p>Seemingly out of frustration, Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin threw a challenge flag to review Pickens\u2019 overturned non-touchdown. But that only made matters worse.<\/p>\n<p>The officials had already used replay assist to change the call on the field. Therefore, the play was no longer challengeable.<\/p>\n<p>Throwing the challenge flag resulted in the Steelers losing a timeout.<\/p>\n<p>Tomlin told reporters during his postgame press conference he was unaware the officiating crew altered their call on the field after using replay assist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t really clear on why it was ruled a non-touchdown, so I went to the [challenge] flag,\u201d\u00a0Tomlin said to the media. \u201cHad I know that they used replay assist, I wouldn\u2019t have thrown [the challenge flag] because you\u2019re not allowed to throw [the challenge flag] when they use replay assist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, the loss of the timeout didn\u2019t really hurt the Steelers. But Tomlin\u2019s initial reaction to Pickens\u2019 nullified touchdown was another example of how the Steelers head coach is sometimes impulsive with his challenge flags.<\/p>\n<p>Before the 2024 campaign, Tomlin\u2019s career success rate on challenges was\u00a0ranked 23rd out of the 32 NFL head coaches\u00a0from the 2023 season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GettyNFL Insider Mike Florio argued the league should consider taking a look at the catch requirements after George Pickens tapped the same foot twice on a potential&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5285,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: NFL Insider Suggests Rule Change After Steelers\u2019 George Pickens Nullified TD.. - 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