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Old 01-22-2012, 05:21 PM  
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Originally Posted by justinsain View Post
For a TD all the player needs is possession of the ball when it breaks the plane of the end zone. Like I said about the Brady QB sneak. All he had to do was jump up and stretch the ball over the plane of the goal line. Once the ball is across the plane its a TD and it doesn't matter if a defender hits it out of his hand before Brady lands on the ground. I don't see why that catch was any different.
A run and a pass are not the same. He did not maintain control.

And if the ball would've been knocked out of Brady's hands before he hit the ground, crossing the plane or not, I'm pretty sure it would have been a fumble.
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