In what will be considered a shocking statement to exactly zero people, Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Jesse James thought he caught the football in the closing moments against the New England Patriots.

Let's get the video semantics out of the way first:

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“I’m sick about it. I’ll be thinking about this the rest of the night,” James said, via ESPN.com. “I had my knee down, turned up the field. Whether they consider that a football move or not is up to them to decide. I guess I don’t know a lot of things about football. I thought it was a touchdown for sure.”

Shocking that he, a Steelers play who has a vested interesting that being a catch, believes it to be one. Then again, I also thought it was a catch.

NFL senior vice president of officiating Al Riveron explained why the play was ruled an incomplete pass.

“James is going to the ground as he reaches the goal line, and that’s the key here. He was going to the ground,” Riveron said, via The MMQB’s Albert Breer. “By rule, to complete the process of the catch he must survive the ground. By that we mean he must maintain control of the football. As we see here he does put the ball over the goal line extended. Once he gets there he loses control of the football, and then the football hits the ground.”

I don't care what the official says. I don't care what the rule is, even by letter of the law. Any sane person would agree that it was both a catch and a touchdown.