Was this a touchdown catch by Oakland's rookie wide receiver Louis Murphy against the San Diego Chargers on Monday Night Football? My initial reaction was that it was a touchdown but after further review by the officials it was not a TD. I don't agree with the rule but it is what it is and according to NFL rules the referees got it right on the review. The one thing I don't agree with is that I don't think there was enough "irrefutable" evidence to over turn the call on the field, which was a TD, so the original call should have been upheld. If the catch would have been aloud the Raiders would have taken the lead from the Chargers late in the fourth quarter.
At the end of the video it compares the Murphy TD with New England Patriots tight end Ben Watson's TD catch that won the game for the Pats over the Bills in the first game of the MNF double header. I don't think the two are really comparable because with Watson you can't tell if it definitively came out like it did with Murphy. His arm is under the ball the entire time, now it does move a little bit but he still maintained control of the ball. The officials reviewed the play and upheld the ruling on the field which was the right call and thats how it should have been ruled in the Raiders game but I guess it doesn't hurt to be the Pats who always get questionable calls in their favor. The officials have started off on a bad note so far this year so this should only be a preview of things to come.
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