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4 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

At least on the field Jalen Carter looks like he's going to be everything I was assured Ed Oliver was.

Yeh but Jalen fell for character reasons to the point where three teams in front of the eagles took him off their draft board the guy has two civil cases pending against him 

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5 minutes ago, 78thealltimegreat said:

Yeh but Jalen fell for character reasons to the point where three teams in front of the eagles took him off their draft board the guy has two civil cases pending against him 

Who cares. It’s not going to derail his playing career. It’s professional sports not the ethics Olympics

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16 minutes ago, chongli said:

 

https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/nfl-official-explains-why-one-of-footballs-worst-rules-exists-in-the-first-place

 

“Because the goal line is involved — and this is a consistent application of the impetus rule,” Blandino said. “Impetus is the force that puts the ball into an end zone. So if a team provides the impetus that puts a ball into their opponent’s end zone . . . then they are responsible for it. They’re responsible for it. And if the ball gets out of bounds through the end zone then it is a touchback.

 

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“Now that may seem like an egregious penalty but again, think about it, they put the ball into their opponent’s end zone,” Blandino said. “If it’s not fourth down or inside two minutes, if they recover it, it’s a score. So that’s potentially a big play, so the penalty for not recovering it . . . has to be big as well. That’s why it’s a touchback. That’s consistent with other loose balls that go into an opponent’s end zone. Kicks, punts, fumbles, backward passes.”

 

“You’re responsible for putting the ball into your opponent’s end zone, you’re responsible for recovering it,” Blandino said. “If you don’t and it goes out of bounds or the defense recovers, they’ve defended their goal line, and they get a touchback.”

 

 

But the D does not necessarily have to cause the fumble for the rule to take effect.

 

Why is the goal line the overwhelming factor?  Why not have the D get the ball every time the O fumbles out of bounce?

It's a weird rule.

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1 minute ago, zow2 said:

Really impressive by the Eagles to come out and just dust Minnesota. 

Minnesota was perhaps the worst 13 win team in history. They needed a series of miracles to win that game in Buffalo. 
 

Al Michaels already said it. Mean reversion. This was always a 500 or sub 500 ball club 

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