OFFICIAL NFL Discussion Thread: 2015-16 Season - Congrats to the Denver Broncos and their fans! SB 5

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Roger is pacing in his library right now trying to get someone to run a phone down to Gerry ASAP!!!
 
Yes, punters can do the same thing. They're the team controlling it. Megatron could have punched the **** outta the endzone for a safety if he wanted to.

Possession change.

No, it would have been a touchback. Safeties occur in your own end zone lol.
 
SECTION 4 ILLEGAL BATS AND KICKS ARTICLE 1. ILLEGAL BAT. It is an illegal bat if: (a) any player bats or punches a loose ball in the field of play toward his opponent’s goal line (b) any player bats or punches a loose ball (that has touched the ground) in any direction, if it is in either end zone (c) an offensive player bats a backward pass in flight toward his opponent’s goal line Exception: A forward pass in flight may be tipped, batted, or deflected in any direction by any eligible player at any time. Note: If a forward pass that is controlled by a player prior to completing the catch is thrown forward, it is an illegal bat. If it is caught by a teammate or intercepted by an opponent, the ball remains alive. If it is not caught, the ball is dead when it hits the ground. Penalty: For illegal batting or punching the ball: Loss of 10 yards. Article 2. Illegally Kicking Ball. No player may deliberately kick a loose ball or a ball that is in a player’s possession. Penalty: For illegally kicking the ball: Loss of 10 yards. If the foul is by Team A before possession changes during a scrimmage down: Loss of down and loss of 10 yards except for a foul by Team A beyond the line of scrimmage during a scrimmage kick, in which case there is no loss of down. Notes: (1) If a loose ball is unintentionally touched by any part of a player’s leg (including the knee), it is not considered kicking and is treated as touching. (2) If the penalty for an illegal bat or kick is declined, the procedure is the same as though the ball had been muffed. However, if the act (impetus) sends the ball behind a goal line, 3-17 applies. (3) The penalty for Articles 1 and 3 does not preclude a penalty for a palpably unfair act. See Palpably Unfair Act (12-3- 3). (4) The ball is not dead when an illegal kick is recovered. 
 
Belichik would've been in the middle of the field the second it happened
 
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Cause of all this hoopla, people gonna forget the fact that Johnson shouldn't have fumbled in the first place...He's gonna get a pass. :lol
 
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