SEATTLE — “It is an illegal bat if any player bats or punches a loose ball (that has touched the ground) in any direction, if it is in either end zone.” — Rule 12, Section 4, Article 1b, Official Playing Rules of the National Football League
Call it the Second Calvin Johnson Rule.
When Johnson caught a ball from Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford with 1:51 left in Detroit's Monday night game against the Seahawks at CenturyLink Field, the star receiver thought he may have put the game away for his winless team.