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@Trogdor CBS Sports rules analyst and former NFL referee Gene Steratore explained why the last play wasn't a penalty. As mentioned earlier, Fitzpatrick was making a play on the ball, thus, incidental contact wasn't a penalty.

Do you mind sharing a video of a defenseless receiver flag like this when the defender playing the ball has incidental contact with the offensive player?

Defensive player has right to catch the ball just like the offensive player. Fitzpatrick was in position to make an interception. You can't throw a flag for incidental contact like this.

I'm pretty sure it's not the case. Both times the gunner was called and moved from outside to inside to help blocking after Pats moved one player inside first.

Surprise this is something could happen to a Belichick's team in a game, let alone two straight weeks.

For example, media presented in the practice sessions last week actually saw John Brown running, maybe even with a video, or interviews of coaches, etc. definitely not someone in an internet forum with none of above to back up his claim(s).

Thanks for confirming it's just your opinion and hasn't been reported by a credible source.

We got lucky on this one...

Is this your opinion or is this reported anywhere? So far I can't find any actual news about it. If it's reported by any credible source, can you please share it? If it's just your opinion, please just ignore this post.

Make Titans sign and play "Right" Josh Rosen whole game every game for next 5 seasons.

It looks to me that only when Diggs is about to touch the ground that the ball reaches first down mark. Consider how far he is out-of-bound in the end (as in your 2nd picture) and he still moves forward after he jumps, it doesn't seem to me the ball is at 14-yard line when the ball crosses sideline. Below is after he is airborne and the ball is not yet at first down mark where Diggs stretch forward with the ball ahead of him. This is soon after your first picture. Consider where his body position is in your first picture, the ball seems already out of play field here and short of first down.

Do you mean that although the ball doesn't across 14-yard line when Diggs is last inbound (the first picture), the ball could be at 14-yard line when any part of his body touches the ground (the last picture)? If so, the question is not where the ball is when Diggs touches the ground, the culprit is where the ball is when the ball crosses the sideline. By NFL rulebook as below, the spot is determined by the location when the ball crosses the sideline. In this case, it looks to me it's quite short of the first down mark. -------------------------------------- Item 2. Runner Out of Bounds. If the ball is in player possession when that player goes out of bounds,the out-of-bounds spot is the forward point of the ball when the ball crosses the side line, or, if the ball does not cross the sideline, the forward point of the ball at the instant the player is out of bounds --------------------------------------

People should still remember Jets and Kelechi Osemele Saga last season. Osemele followed the NFL protocol and independent doctors deemed surgery was required while Jets felt he should be able to tolerate his injury to continue practice and play. Jets fined Osemele when he didn't show up for practice and eventually released him after Osemele chose to have the surgery. BTW, Osemele is playing really well for Chiefs this season after recovery. With memory of this saga still fresh, Jets did it again to their prized 1st-round pick rookie and franchise left tackle, Mekhi Becton, again. Becton was graded as one of the top offensive rookies so far this season. Becton was dressed in last game but didn't start and was told he'd only play in emergency. He was put in to the game but eventually needed to remove himself from the game. Becton's mom was pissed: And now rumor is that Becton has a potential tear in his shoulder:

"what!?!? Why the ball isn't deflated like before to be much catchable???" - Edelman