Posted on 09/23/2012 12:39:59 PM PDT by murron
I'm watching the Saints-Chiefs game on TV, and a Chiefs player, who caught the ball, came down and dropped the ball going down. The player was injured as he came down. A Saints player picked it up and ran it into the endzone. Unfortunately for the Saints, the official blew the whistle before he got into the end zone so the TD didn't count. But there was a challenge as to whether it was a fumble or not.
Dan Dierforf, one of the announcers, kept saying that the Chiefs player "gave himself up", so therefore it shouldn't be ruled a fumble. He must have said it over and over again. The final ruling was that it was indeed a fumble and it was ruled the Saints ball.
But has anyone ever heard of a player giving himself up because he is injured and letting the football loose so the other team shouldn't pick it up?
Inquiring minds want to know.
The Saints have given themselves up for sure.
Maybe somebody can answer this...I know O.J. beat the murder rap but why was he never charged for evading arrest and leading the LAPD on that infamous car chase that involved about 100 police cars and 15 helicopters? Should have gotten 5-10 years just for that.
Riot avoidance comes to mind.
O.J. was not driving. His friend Al Cowlings was the driver.
By a wide receiver or tight end after a pass completion, to kill the clock he slid to a stop like a QB without being touched.
The Texans were slapping at the ball once he stood up but the ref had blown the whistle before any Texan had toughed him.
IMO the player is not down until touched by the opposing team, so I don't know why the ref blew the whistle.
Thanks for that graphic earlier. It’s one of the funniest, and accurate, I’ve ever seen. Did you just find it on the web, or did you create it yourself?
(You may "borrow" it also!!)
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