4th and 8 was my 62-7 moment for the Ballard/Steichen regime.

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by albany ed

I believe there's a difference between crossing the goal line and where the line to gain is on the rest of the field. When the pass was caught, the receiver was in the air and probably past the line to gain. He was met there and pushed back and his progress when he landed was short of the first down. Had he been at the goal line, a TD would have been awarded because once the ball breaks the goal line, the play is over.

That was the explanation, and I buy it.

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Maybe he was short of the 1st down, but that was hardly the overall point of my post.

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