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Explaining Why George Pickens’ ‘Touchdown’ Was Ruled Incomplete

For a moment, the Pittsburgh Steelers appeared to have broken through and found the end zone. An offense stalling on its first two red zone attempts, QB Russell Wilson found WR George Pickens on third down mid-way through the second quarter. Pickens made a great hands catch, secured the ball cleanly, and the refs ruled touchdown. With the extra point, Pittsburgh was about to take a 13-6 lead.

That it, until it was ruled incomplete. Improbably, Pickens failed to get his left foot inbounds, pushed out by CB Deonte Banks out of the end zone. Here’s a look at the play.