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SoCal Deek

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  1. 29 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said:

    Has to be this way..you are saying the ball is not dead until THE BALL is out of bounds..think of all the weird plays that can happen as a result of that. 

    Not exactly, I'm saying that the PLAY should not be dead if the ball is on the field and no player on that field has possession of it.  Put another way, if the ball is left lying on the field...all alone...and a player lying completely out of bounds, reaches out and touches it with his fingernail....NO...I do not think that should end the play.  Sorry, I just don't.

    46 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

     

     

    You are saying that if the Bills were the beneficiary of that rule and kept possession after what appeared to be a lost fumble...you would still be here pasting that it's a terrible rule that needs to be changed??

     

     

    Now you are clearly violating Commandment #9 (and there might be some of #10 flavoring your posts as well..)

    I've been watching football way too long to be worried about whether things hurt of help the Buffalo Bills.

  2. 2 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

     

    It was applied in the way it was meant to be.  There's not right or wrong to it.  It simply defines what an out of bounds ball is, just like the touchback rule does.

     

    If they had awarded the Bills possession, it would have been, per the rule, "wrongly" applies and easily overturned on mandatory review.

     

    It's not the rule you don't like, it's the outcome of the play.  Had the Bills player been the one who fumbled and then touched the ball while out of bounds, I'm pretty sure you wouldn't be screaming for a rule change.......

    Wrong. You do realize that other than the Ten Commandments, all rules were written by PEOPLE....right?  I think it's a dumb 'rule' no matter which team benefits from it.  I still say they should re-look at the way it is being applied.  That's why they have a competition committee...to tweak things like this.  It really doesn't make any sense.

  3. 3 minutes ago, Alaska Darin said:

    Right?  Football games have swung on plays like that.  Has the NFL given an explanation of that one?  Have the BILLS even asked?

     

    I think I know the play you're referring to, and I cannot recall that the Bills were shown to have clear possession of it under the pile. Did they?

  4. 9 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

     

    That's not the intent of the rule.

     

    When a player who is out of bounds he touches the ball, the ball is out of bounds.  It can't then become "in bounds".  It's the same as a player covering a punt with their foot  on the goal line as they try to prevent a touchback.  As soon as they touch the ball, it's out of bounds--or in this case, a touchback.  Even if he taps it backwards and keeps it in bounds, no other player who is in bounds can then possess (or down) it.

     

      No one questions that and it happens all the time.

    I understand what the rule says.  I just think, like any rule, it can be badly applied. In this case, just like last year, it seems to wrongly 'bail-out' the player that fumbled the ball. The player clearly loses possession, while still in play.  Then, while laying on the sideline, he touches the ball (maybe accidently) and the recovering player, who is completely in the field of play, loses a turnover?  I would definitely change that rule.  It makes no sense.

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