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NFL explains why it overturned Allen Robinson’s TD catch

ATLANTA — Nick Foles’ first touchdown as the Bears quarterback Sunday counted for maybe three minutes.

On third-and-6 from the 21, Foles lofted a pass deep down the right sideline to Allen Robinson. He wrestled with Darqueze Denard for the ball as he landed in the end zone, and the cornerback had the football in his hands when he stood up.

The play was called a touchdown on the field, but it was reviewed and overturned.

Al Riveron, the NFL’s senior vice president of officiating, said in a pool report that Robinson didn’t complete the process of the catch — which is to have control of the ball with two feet or another body part on the ground, and then to make a football move.