No matter what, I think most fans can agree that this rule sucks... it takes away from the game when most people can agree that a lot of these "Calvin Johnson" rule calls are actual catches. Anyone watching that Calvin Johnson play knows he caught it. Most people can agree Dez physically caught it. The rule sucks and needs to be addressed.
Watching the game I immediately thought it would be overturned once I saw the replay thinking about the CJ rule. I agreed with the overturn based on the actual rule. But the more I think about it, the more I disagree with the overturn. Why? Most of this season, calls did not get overturned unless it was 100% indisputable evidence to overturn it. I saw quite a few calls where the announces and even former referees like Jerry Perriera said one thing, and the official call on the field was opposite because the refs felt it was/wasn't indisputable, even though the replays and people watching thought it was. Many times the announcers were baffled with the official ruling simply because the refs didn't feel the video justified overturning the call with 100% indisputable evidence.
Can anyone really say Dez did not make a football move and try to lunge the ball towards the goal line, saying it's 100% indisputable? I don't think there's anyway you can view the replays and say with 100% certainty that he simply fell to the ground and did not lunge at least slightly to stretch the ball farther. IMO, there has to be at least 1% possibility or thought in your head that Dez could've tried to lunge the ball forward. Seeing how strict the refs have been all year making a call be 100% indisputable and erring with however the original call was on the field, I now think they should not have overturned the call. The refs originally called it a catch and I don't think they had indisputable evidence to overturn it. Whatever the call was on the field should've stood based on the replay IMO.