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They tweeted: "Sorry We know the feeling," with a link to the Megatron play and the hashtag "CompletingTheProcess." Their star receiver, Calvin Johnson, had a similar catch reversed in 2010, and they also were stung last week in the wild-card round against the Cowboys when the officials picked up a flag that would have given them a critical fourth-quarter first down. Odell Beckham Jr., the receiver for the rival Giants who made his share of dazzling catches as a rookie, tweeted: "I by no means cheer for Dallas but I have no idea what or how thts not called a catch. "Although he repossesses it, it does contact the ground when he reaches, so the repossession is irrelevant."Īthletes, celebrities and others quickly weighed in on the ruling. "At the time he lands and the ball hits the ground, it comes loose as it hits the ground, which would make that incomplete," Steratore said. Referee Gene Steratore said a couple camera angles showed the ball hitting the ground, then Bryant losing possession. He went up for the ball and made a good catch," Shields said. "These playoff games come down to the inches. Green Bay cornerback Sam Shields said the call was a relief on a play that could have been a touchdown at a critical point. If he regains control prior to the ball touching the ground, the pass is complete." If he loses control of the ball, and the ball touches the ground before he regains control, the pass is incomplete. "If a player goes to the ground in the act of catching a pass (with or without contact by an opponent), he must maintain control of the ball throughout the process of contacting the ground, whether in the field of play or the end zone. After reviewing the play, officials overturned the call, saying Bryant didn't maintain control all the way to the ground. For the second straight week, the Dallas Cowboys season came down to a decision by the referee. Replays showed that Bryant bobbled the ball as he rolled into the end zone, with part of it touching the field. Dez Bryants 31-yard catch was overturned via replay by referee Gene Steratore.

The Cowboys' Dez Bryant appeared to make spectacular 31-yard catch on fourth down to give Dallas the ball a yard away from the go-ahead touchdown in the final minutes of Sunday's 26-21 divisional round playoff loss to the Green Bay Packers. For a league that already has The Catch and The Drive, this incomplete pass may go down as The Reversal.