Video of Calvin Johnson Catch: Common Sense Vs. Rules

The video of the Calvin Johnson catch against the Bears will be shown over and over again and become a part of NFL lore, even though it was in a Chicago vs. Detroit game that ultimately will be seen as meaningless in the grand scheme of things.

But the fact of the matter is that it is going to shed a spotlight on what is one of the most controversial rules in the NFL that may be changed soon.

Calvin Johnson made a catch leaping over a DB before coming down with his butt and legs hitting the ground. Then he reached out and lost the ball after he had already came down with a catch.

Many people believe that if he had been on the regular part of the field and not in the end zone, it would have been called a touchdown.

But the play was ruled incomplete as he lost the ball when his one hand clutching it set the ball down on the ground, causing it to pop out.

On playgrounds everywhere, that's a touchdown. In pick-up games, that's a touchdown. To the average fan's eye, that's also a touchdown.

But the rule was apparently applied properly to the Calvin Johnson TD catch that wasn't as seen on video.

It cost the Lions the game, of course. This one is kind of like the Tom Brady "tuck rule" except perhaps even worse because many people are scratching their heads over the intent of the rule.

As for the potential rule change, there was some talk that the Saints' Lance Moore had a similar play in the Super Bowl and that play was an incomplete pass overruled as a touchdown.

Also, many Lions fans seem to think the refs never give their poor team the benefit of the doubt on calls like this. They believe that if it had been the Bears, the refs would have called it a TD. That's a valid point as the Lions always seem to be on the wrong end of key calls like this.

Whatever the ruling, most people agree that the played looked like a touchdown catch.

The video of the Calvin Johnson catch showed that, and now fans across the NFL, especially in Detroit, are wondering why it has to be this way.