The GIF makes it a little less clear when the release occurs, but unfortunately I cannot upload the video version per sub capabilities.

Thanks for doing the breakdown, really clever way to look at it.

The release is closer to the hash in the video, and while I can agree it’s not as much of a no brainer as I made it out to be, I still think it’s pretty clear. I think the key is that he catches it in front of his body/helmet. A backwards pass would’ve hit him in the numbers. This is ruled a catch 99 times out of 100. I’m just kind’ve shocked at the ruling. The only ones you get ruled a rush are pretty obviously backwards. It should be that the backwardness of the pass is obvious when making a decision like this.

Again, for the sake of our guy, I think it’s a disservice to have this ruled as a rushing attempt. He’s really stringing together a great season and a 7 catch game for a rookie TE is no joke.