What is your take on this? Should the rules stand as is, turnover and a touch back? Offense keeps the ball at the 1 yard line? 10? 20?

I'm kind of torn on this. On one hand, it does seem like a big punishment to lose the ball like that, but on the other hand hang onto the rock and its a non issue.

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Isn't about preventing offenses from deliberately "fumbling" out of bounds in the EZ to avoid a safety. Not sure.

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Tough shit for the O. Defense made a play to cause the fumble. Rules favor the offense too much already. Hang on to the fucking football.

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It's my favorite play because everyone loses their minds every time it happens. don't change it

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Fair point. For every rule that hurts the offense, there are probably four or five that favor the O.

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Derek Carr finally figured out not to do it anymore.

Keep it.

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Yes. Defense is penalized most of the ride down the field. If you can't secure the ball across the goal line, well, tough shit.

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Wrong end zone.

Fumbling it out of bounds at the 1 and you keep the ball. Fumble and somebody knocks it into the end zone first, and you lose the ball. Makes no sense. But neither does fumbling the ball into the end zone and the same falling on it for a TD.

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I thought you couldn't advance a fumble. So if the ball is fumbled at the 1, kicked into the endzone, and an OLineman falls on it its not a touchdown but the offense would then keep the ball at the 1yd line. (unless it were 4th down, then my scenario would be a touchback)

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i'd be fine if they changed it. make it a penalty or something. 10 yards from spot of fumble but they get to keep the ball.

wikipedia so its true

A fumbled ball may be recovered and advanced by either team (except, in American football, after the two-minute warning in either half or 4th down, when the fumbling player is the only offensive player allowed to advance the ball, otherwise the ball is ruled dead at the spot of recovery if the ball bounces backwards or spotted at the point of the fumble if the ball travels forward).[/quote]

I am in the T-Bone and FF camp, it is a little smelly but I am in it.

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Me too. I like quirky. That's much of the reason I like baseball. Sacrifice flies but no sacrifice groundballs.

I’m in the keep the rule. The player is almost always extending the ball for the pylon when this happens. They are making the choice of risking ball security for the TD. Don’t want to risk it then run it in.

I like this idea.

That play should have been reviewable for the penalty too.

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If they fumble it through the endzone they should do a 1 minute twitter poll to decide who gets it.

Isn’t there a difference between the ball fumbling out the side and through the back of the end zone?

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