The NFL rules book is long.
Some of the rules are simple and well known. “The game is played by two teams of 11 players.” Some are much more tangled. (Can someone explain the clock leak?)
And some people are so vague that they are rarely played at all. Until they do, often minister.
Thursday night, one of these vision rules appeared in the game with the surprise and pleasure of viewers. The following is the case when what happened and when the strange corner of the rules book was sprinkled with dust.
Fair Catch Free Kickfield Goal
Thursday night, in a match against Denver Broncos, Derius Davis, a Los Angeles charger, made a fair catch in his 38 yards. .
There was a penalty for Broncos in the game and moved the ball to Denver’s 47 yards. And this seemingly normal situation has set up a play that has not been achieved for 48 years.
Every time the team has a fair catch, there is the right to block the ball free of charge, and there is a rule that the other person cannot try to block. Of course, this is rarely comes out. Why did you give the ball to the other person?
But some elements have made this situation different. The penalty placed the charger within the field goal range and after a fair catch. And because there was time to play one more time in half, it was probably too late to go realistically for touchdown. So the charger decided to try a kick.
It was an inconsistent sight. It was a free kick, not a traditional field goal, so it looked like a kick -off without a Skeri Miji line, and the defensive team stood at least 10 yards.
Cameron Dicker successfully won 34-27. The last thing that happened in the NFL was when Ray Wersching of the San Diego charger successfully scored a fair catch free kickfield in 1976.
Drop kick
Despite the strange things of Thursday night, the traditional way of kicking a field goal or additional points is to catch the ball that the kicker can explode.
But there is another legal way. The kicker drives the ball and the kick and the bouncing up.
But again, almost no one does this. Much more difficult.
But in 2006, Dug Flutie of the New England Patriot, not a kicker, wanted to try it, and the coach of indulgence allowed him. He has practiced to face the gun and paid money. He made it.
Through the quarterback legs
The ball is tight and passes through the legs of the quarterback. Well, there was a rules for it.
In 2007, Snap sailed through the bridge of Brian Greece, a Chicago Bears Quarter Back. It looked good for the Philadelphia Eagles. Sean Considine recovered the ball and headed to the touchdown. Unfortunately, in the case of EAGLES: There was a rule that the ball should still be in contact first when the ball penetrates the legs of the quarterback. If not, the play will die, and the crime will be penalized instead.
“I don’t know what the rules are,” he admitted after the game.
This rule has also changed too much for the NFL.
Bound other rules
When the ball leaves the field, there is no boundary. However, when a player standing outside the field reaches the ball at the boundary, it is considered to be out of the limits of the ball.
Green Bay Packers received the benefits of this rules in 2016. Detroit Lions’ kickoffs were popping up inside the 5 yards of Packers. Green Bay Packers’ Ty Montgomery jumped on it and the play is over. Do you think it’s a packer’s official at 3 o’clock?
No, Montgomery’s feet were out of boundaries when they fell to the ball. Player outside the boundary, ball from the boundary. The packer got the ball as if the ball was out of the boundary.
Accessories
The NFL has relaxed the rules for celebrations in recent years, and the player has often responded with foolish dance.
But some are still not allowed. For example, an imitation of a celebration or weapon that can be aggressive.
And prop. However, the rules did not prevent some brave souls who had reduced their creativity by strictly observing the rules.
In 2022, JOE MIXON, the runback of Cincinnati Tiennati, scored a touchdown and then pulled out the coin from the gloves. .
Mixon was curious about the stunt and fined $ 13,261.
In another famous prop case of 2003, the New Orians Saint’s Cho Hon recorded a touchdown, ran to the goal post, and picked up the flipphone hidden there. He was fined $ 30,000.
In 2002, Terrell Owens in San Francisco 49ers celebrated the touchdown by taking out the hidden shapie and signing the ball. He avoided fines for that, but wore a shirt tail and $ 5,000. Yes, another rules.
What is the following?
Don’t be afraid: you haven’t seen it all. If the extra point is blocked, the defense player retreats to his end zone while the defense player recovers the ball and imagines what will happen there. It is a safety -safety value is 1 point.
Maybe someday.
