How to catch a touchdown without catching the ball

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As for today, I hate the NFL rulebook. To be fair, I think it hates itself as well. It takes winding roads in ways that would surprise no one, but it's also why clear answers are rare to come by for why something was called the way it was. When Josh Allen was credited with a receiving touchdown, I needed to know why.

Spoiler, it can get boiled down to, "well, it just does," according to the rules. That said, when Josh Allen made us all take note of receiving touchdowns in the Buffalo Bills 2024 game against the San Francisco 49ers, it created a moment that's worth diving into and what I realized is we (universally) discussed it all wrong. We'll get into that. Hope you enjoy.