George Pickens Photo Credit: ESPN

It is common knowledge to most football fans that a receiver needs two feet down for a completed catch to be ruled. But during the Week 8 Monday Night Football game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Giants, George Pickens put that rule to the test.

Pickens was able to get two feet down on a nine-yard pass attempt on Russell Wilson in the second quarter, which was initially ruled a touchdown. The only problem was that Pickens actually got the same foot down twice… His left foot hung in the air for quite some time but ultimately never got down to make it a completed catch.

The touchdown ruling would be overturned, resulting in the Steelers having to settle for a field goal.

By the letter of the law, the reversed touchdown is the correct call. But several media members seemingly didn’t know that the same foot landing twice didn’t constitute a completed catch.

At halftime, the Monday Night Countdown crew was seemingly perplexed by the ruling, asking what constituted a catch if this didn’t for Pickens.

“Over 400 yards of offense, no touchdowns that counted,” said Scott Van Pelt of the first half. It’s a 9-9 game. Hand up, I thought two feet meant it could be any two feet. Did you learn something tonight?

“I feel like every once and a while there is a catch that makes everybody in the world to reevaluate what a catch is,” replied Jason Kelce. “The Dez Bryant playoff one. This George Pickens one is it. If you get one foot down and a hand… One foot down and an elbow… But if you get the same foot down twice. I don’t know, I think everybody would say looking at that, that it looks like a catch. It might not be technically. By this logic, you could catch the ball and hop on one leg for 15 steps and it’s not a catch?”

“Obviously, you have to start looking at it as both feet down in bounds,” added Ryan Clark. “Because it’s not two feet.”

Other confused sports media members took to social media to offer their reaction to the reversed catch.

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About Reice Shipley

Reice Shipley is a staff writer for Comeback Media that graduated from Ithaca College with a degree in Sports Media. He previously worked at Barrett Sports Media and is a fan of all things Syracuse sports.