Deja vu?
A day ago, the Denver Broncos were able to celebrate advancing to the AFC championship game courtesy of a controversial interception from Ja’Quan McMillan. One day later, the Chicago Bears thought they were able to recreate that play in the fourth quarter.
Unlike the AFC divisional round game, the ruling on the field was that Adams completed the process of the catch and was down by contract, nullifying the interception.
It was a bang-bang play, but unlike Brandin Cooks, Adams wasn’t falling to the ground at the time of the catch.
NBC’s rules expert, and former NFL referee, Terry McAulay said that Adams clearly completed the process of the catch. He added that the receiver had the ball long enough to complete the third act, also known as a football move, after getting two feet down.
Since Adams’ knee was down after the football move, that was enough for him to be down by contact, something that didn’t come into play with the Cooks situation on Jan. 17.
The Rams were able to take advantage of the ruling in their favor, scoring a touchdown with Kyren Williams just a few plays later to take a 17-10 lead over the Bears.
