Worst rule in football won’t change until it affects a championship game

Budsdrinker · 12-18-2018, 10:11 AM

Originally Posted by lumm0x

Love the rule. It emphasizes the importance of ball security in the red zone. As neugey said, the offense just has to break the plane so they have the luxury to be reckless with the ball near the goal line as once the plane is broken it's a done deal. I like that the defense has a chance to make a drive stopping play forcing a fumble into a touch back. I like that an element of ball security needs to punish carelessness on the part of offenses.

Payton got too cute, Lewis hopefully learned a valuable lesson and Carolina deserved the opportunity they got by taking advantage of our mental errors. The rule is fine and if it costs a team a game in the playoffs it's not a rule needing change. A team commits that error they deserve the outcome.

So if the offense loses possession on this part of the field and you are OK with it then why not make it the same rule on the rest of the field? Offense fumbles out of bounds, give it to the defense. Same thing right? It's a dumb rule if the defense doesn't have possession, they shouldn't be rewarded with the ball. You want to penalize the offense for fumbling in the red zone and thru the endzone, then move them back to the 20 but they retain possession.

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Budsdrinker A Cajun Transforming TX Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The Woodlands, Texas Posts: 2,787	Re: Worst rule in football won’t change until it affects a championship game Originally Posted by lumm0x Love the rule. It emphasizes the importance of ball security in the red zone. As neugey said, the offense just has to break the plane so they have the luxury to be reckless with the ball near the goal line as once the plane is broken it's a done deal. I like that the defense has a chance to make a drive stopping play forcing a fumble into a touch back. I like that an element of ball security needs to punish carelessness on the part of offenses. Payton got too cute, Lewis hopefully learned a valuable lesson and Carolina deserved the opportunity they got by taking advantage of our mental errors. The rule is fine and if it costs a team a game in the playoffs it's not a rule needing change. A team commits that error they deserve the outcome. So if the offense loses possession on this part of the field and you are OK with it then why not make it the same rule on the rest of the field? Offense fumbles out of bounds, give it to the defense. Same thing right? It's a dumb rule if the defense doesn't have possession, they shouldn't be rewarded with the ball. You want to penalize the offense for fumbling in the red zone and thru the endzone, then move them back to the 20 but they retain possession. WhoDat!656 likes this.

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