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[QUOTE="orangecuse, post: 5640553, member: 668"]
Ha, "pointless" to you perhaps, since you are arguing from the other side.  I believe your analogy of where a receiver has to maintain control throughout hitting the ground when going out of bounds or otherwise is not on point here.  In those aforementioned examples, the receiver isn't down by 'contact,' but rather from his own doing, etc.

The interception in question is a horse of a different color, where as soon as the knee (or any other applicable body part per rule) is, and there's possession while touched in that moment, he's "ruled down by contact."  There wasn't "simultaneous" possession at that exact moment, from my (Browns fan) perspective.  It's why on so many fumbles where the ball comes loose after the aforementioned, the player is ruled down.

Perhaps, you've heard of the ol adage, [I]"a picture paints a thousand words?"[/I]

Edit:  Oh, and one other thing regarding your "never use still pictures to determine football calls."  When they are reviewing the video "frame by frame" and "freeze framing" it so to speak, isn't that in essence a 'still' shot?  In that regard, 'still' shots are used all the time in football to make such calls.
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