They already tried that. Ever heard of Joe Thomas? Didn’t work.
“I want you to line up in a circle” -
Yogi Berra.
Or maybe it was Bill Petersen
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Seems like we’ve seen a lot of oddities this season.
I had never even heard of that. Had Dicker going in fantasy and was pleasantly surprised with the free points.
Added running back Gus Edwards: “Man, I don’t know whose idea it was to kick that, but they know ball. I was confused as s—. I ain’t ever seen that before.”
John Madden always talked about the fair catch free kick but never got to see one (at least while broadcasting). That’s the only reason why I know this rule.
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I’ve know the rule since the 80s, but it rarely comes into play because you need a pretty limited set of circumstances where you make a fair catch in FG range but don’t have enough time drive the ball from good field position.
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Ah. there was a fair catch interference penalty, which moved the ball a lot closer, AND there was no time left in the half.
Why do so many football players not know the rules of American Rules NFL Football? I’ll answer my own question: it is the coach’s job to know, because it is a coach’s game. Players just play.
This is also a rule in (all/most?) high school football. In this example, the player could use a tee
Agreed. Wikipedia shows 6 attempts in the last 20 years.
Last one was panthers missing a 60 yard attempt in 2019.
The 3 before that (2013, 2x 2008) were 68-71 yard attempts.
Punters can fairly easily kick it past FG range if they aren’t going for hang-time.
This one would have been a 72 yards attempt without the penalty.
Can one fair catch a blocked punt? Not fully blocked. I mean a slightly blocked one that goes upward, ends up around the line of scrimmage, or maybe just beyond.
I would think so. A blocked punt that passes the line of scrimmage is still a punt and if subsequently touched by the receiving team can be recovered by the kicking team for a turnover. I would think that means the receiving team can still fair catch it.
Would be a pretty exciting moment. The ball is blocked upward and forward, landing expected just past the line of scrimmage, where there are 14-16 players blocking and trying not to get blocked. Someone on the receiving signals for a fair catch and suddenly no one else is allowed to catch that ball. Likely to be an interference penalty called.
not sure of the rule, but can any player on the receiving team (near where the ball is landing) call for a fair catch?
There is a chance new england emerges the weekend w the #1 pick in the draft w 2 weeks to play.
Giants face atl in game 1 for rookie penix.
LVR face the mac jones jaguars.
Fingers crossed
Well, if the team had three players back to catch, any one of them could call for a fair catch. Do the fair-catch-eligible players need to check in with the referee or something?
The rookie who has all of 5 garbage time passing attempts this year is still an 8.5 point favorite over the G-men who are staring Drew Lock who not only sucks, is nursing an elbow injury on top of it.
I guess anything could happen but at this point I’ll be shocked if the Giants don’t finish 2-15 and if the Raiders don’t beat the Jags this week, I don’t see how they also don’t finish 2-15 and would win to pick based on SoS despite playing 6 divisional games against 3 likely AFC playoff teams in KC, SD, Den.
Fair assessment. Its ugly at the bottom of the table
Only if they are on OL for the Lions
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Hey, remember that giant-ass contract you signed, with all that money in the headline? Well, you ain’t getting all of it.
So, about half.
The Falcons announced Tuesday that Penix was their starting quarterback “moving forward” with three games remaining this season, sending Cousins to the bench just months after he signed a four-year, $180 million contract that included $100 million guaranteed.
The Falcons might try to see whether there is a way to trade Cousins but would need his cooperation, and nobody across the league expects them to get it, meaning it’s only a matter of time before Atlanta will be left with no choice but to release him.
Well, “no” is the start of a negotiation. “You want to trade Cousins to us? AND what draft choices? No, not ‘for’; AND.”
Time for Cousins to hone his coaching skills.