Zach Ertz reminds everybody that he caught the ball in Super Bowl LII
If you had any doubts about Zach Ertz’s Super Bowl touchdown catch, just know that the NFL continues to defend it.
Maybe one of the most controversial calls of the season came in Super Bowl LII. Once again, it had something to do with maintaining the ball to the ground. Were you shocked? Well, plenty of NFL fans around the world were very concerned about Philadelphia Eagles tight end, Zach Ertz’s late game score.
With a little over two minutes left in Super Bowl LII, Ertz made perhaps the most crucial and controversial play of his career. He caught a slant across the middle and took multiple steps before diving into the end zone to get the ball over the goalline. At first look, all was well. But after the referees gathered around each other, the guys in the booth decided that the play would need to be under review.
When that happened, every Eagles fan around the world couldn’t help but remember the Pittsburgh Steelers getting robbed on a similar play against the New England Patriots early on in the season. Although we all believed Ertz did enough on the play to make it clear it was a catch, you still never know with these crazy NFL rules.
Thankfully, the NFL has decided to tweak the rules a bit during the 2018 offseason. And after a unanimous 32-0 vote, the catch rule will be changed for the better. Now we didn’t doubt the controversial Ertz catch. But just in case you did, Ertz reassures anybody’s doubt about the play.
Zach caught it:
Old Catch Rule, New Catch Rule.... I still caught it and we still won!! #Took4Steps
— Zach Ertz (@ZERTZ_86) March 28, 2018
Ertz will never forget the final touchdown of Super Bowl LII. His catch, four steps, and dive will go down as one of the most memorable plays in Philadelphia Eagles history. NBC’s Cris Collinsworth may have questioned it for the entire duration of the review, but Eagles fans knew that the play could and would stand as a touchdown.
We’re happy to see the rule go back to the way it should’ve been all along, even if the rule change means that Dez Bryant caught it in that matchup against the Green Bay Packers forever ago. Now we can all get excited about the 2018 season and look forward to less controversial calls that define the outcome of the game. At least we hope so, right?