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01-19-2021, 04:01 PM | #31 |
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That's my feelings exactly. You know the rule so it's up to you; Extend the ball out in front of yourself at your own risk. It's been that way forever and I've never thought it was a bad rule no matter who fumbled it away.
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01-19-2021, 04:02 PM | #33 |
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Okay, if a Kickoff goes goes through the endzone, it comes to where? The 25 yard line
If you change the rule than taking a knee in the endzone (on a kickoff) would be a safety? On a punt if it went into the endzone, could it be recovered by the kicking team for a TD? JUST LEAVE THE RULE ALONE |
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I've never had a problem with it. If this much [ ] is enough to say the ball crossed the plain of goal line than a rule that rarely comes in to play where an offensive player loses possession of the ball and it rolls forward into and out of the endzone it should penalize the offense.
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01-19-2021, 04:03 PM | #36 |
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01-19-2021, 04:07 PM | #38 | |
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Both parts of the rule for fumbling in the end zone make perfect sense to me:
https://operations.nfl.com/the-rules...0a%20touchback. Quote:
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01-19-2021, 04:08 PM | #39 |
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01-19-2021, 04:13 PM | #41 |
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The rule is fine and every team has been on both sides of it. The offense only has to cross the plane as it is, if they lose the ball within fumble range and it goes out it’s a good rule. Now if offense had to maintain possession through the end zone or something along the same lines it could be changed. But with the current rules of the offense only having to cross the plane, leaving the fumble rule as is works.
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01-19-2021, 04:17 PM | #42 | |
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01-19-2021, 04:27 PM | #43 |
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I'm of the mindset that the sideline should be ruled the same throughout. If a player reaches for a first down and fumbles and the ball goes out of bounds they get the ball where it was fumbled. I think it should be the same at the endzone. Now if the ball goes out the back of the endzone I could see it being a touchback. Because the defense had lost opportunity to recover the ball since there was less field to get to it.
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01-19-2021, 04:29 PM | #45 |
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The issue with the idea of changing the rule is that people don't think through how the rule change will change how people APPROACH the game. I really have no interest in making it super easy for guys to constantly dive at the pylon with the ball just barely held in their hand since they know there won't be any consequences if they fumble it.
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