Originally posted by mikkoaspinen
Originally posted by 19JMAN19
ok for all the people that dont know basic football
if you recover a fumble in the endzone it counts as a touchback
if you recover the fumble in the endzone and go backwards but not out of the back of the endzone its a touchback
if you recover the fumble in the endzone and go backwards though the back of the endzone thats a safety
if you recover the fumble outside of the endzone (say the 2 yard line) then go back into the endzone and get tackled thats a safety
Fumble that has been recovered in the end zone by the defense is always a touchback, never a safety. Also, if a defensive player intercepts a forward pass, recovers a fumble or catches a scrimmage kick within five yards of his own end zone and manages to get pushed back or drifts to his own endzone, it's still a touchback due to momentum rules.
"For the people that dont know basic football".Well, I think in the NFL, the rule is sort of vague, when you start talking about momentum. (And I believe that's the rule - if the player's momentum carries them into the EZ, it's a touchback and not a safety)... It's up to the ref to decide whether it was his momentum or if he deliberately ran into the EZ. I think.
