After Further Review: Another live one...

32-29 for undefeated San Francisco at 3-1 Seattle.

4th and 10 at midfield.  This catch by Cooper Kupp was ruled short, as rules analyst Dean Blandino tries to explain the screwjob:

Two great teams. It came down to this. https://t.co/RyJ1y4Nbnq

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 11, 2026

Don't believe me?  This angle might give you a better idea.

IT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE HOW THIS WAS RULED SHORT OF A FIRST DOWN. COOPER KUPP NEVER STEPPED OUT OF BOUNDS BEFORE EXTENDING THE BALL PAST THE FIRST-DOWN MARKER: https://t.co/WSGnwqXpSf

— MLFootball (@MLFootball) October 11, 2026

Kupp never contacts the ground out of bounds before reaching a full yard over the line to gain.  And they even have that angle to establish irrefutable evidence that he got there.

Blandino is actually claiming the ball is out of bounds once it breaks the plane of the sideline -- much the same way as a ball breaking the plane of the end zone scores the touchdown.

And it turns out we found the rule he's quoting...  

Rule 3, Section 20, Article 4:

"If the ball is in player possession when that player goes out of bounds, the out of bounds spot is the forward point of the ball when the ball crosses the sideline, or, if the ball does not cross the sideline, the forward point of the ball at the instant the player is out of bounds."

BUT...

Rule 3, Section 7, Note 3 of the NFL Rulebook, 2026 Edition:

"If any part of the foot hits out of bounds during the normal continuous motion of taking a step (heel-toe or toe-heel), then the foot is out of bounds. A player is inbounds if he drags his foot, or if there is a delay between the heel-toe or toe-heel touching the ground."   

Rule 3, Section 20, Article 3:

"A ball that is in player possession is out of bounds when the runner is out of bounds, or when the ball touches a boundary line or anything that is on or outside such line, except another player or an official."

So am I to then conclude that any such reach is actually immaterial, and an airborne person could actually lose several feet or a couple yards because of this contradiction?

Welcome to another rulebook contradiction to rig games.

We have the officials' explanation now.  They're saying 3-20-4 supersedes 3-20-3 and 3-7-3 -- the ball is dead and out of bounds upon it crossing the plane of the sideline in that case...

An interesting side note:  The Greenlaw ejection came from New York.