Timeline for Why do the players in this video appear to be trying not to get a touchdown?
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| Feb 15, 2023 at 7:36 | history | bounty ended | msh210 | ||
| Aug 15, 2020 at 13:50 | history | edited | alamoot | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Corrected endline to goalline
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| Aug 12, 2020 at 17:26 | history | edited | alamoot | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
grammar
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| Jul 30, 2020 at 21:55 | vote | accept | msh210 | ||
| Jul 30, 2020 at 21:41 | comment | added | alamoot | Yes, as Joe mentioned in those clips, the teams downing the ball are those kicking, and so they gain advantage by pinning the receiving team further back. Look at the full play video I linked in the answer for the Patriots recovery to see the full action. | |
| Jul 30, 2020 at 21:38 | comment | added | Joe | @msh210 You're misunderstanding the situation, in larger part as you're seeing only a small clip. The team that is downing the ball on the one is the kicking team. The receiving team then gains possession of the ball at that spot and has 99 yards to go (in the opposite direction). This is a play akin to a goalie punting the (european) football deep, for example - one team moving the point of play way in the other direction. | |
| Jul 30, 2020 at 20:53 | comment | added | msh210 | Many thanks. From what I read at the Wikipedia articles you've linked to, it seems that if the team receiving a punt downs the ball on the one-yard line, it gets possession on that line, but if there's a touchback then it gets possession on the twenty-yard line. Wouldn't the latter be preferable (only eighty yards left to run/pass for a touchdown)? | |
| Jul 30, 2020 at 13:48 | history | edited | alamoot | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Added link for punt
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| Jul 29, 2020 at 17:46 | history | edited | alamoot | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Added real life example links, and links to lingo
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| Jul 29, 2020 at 17:28 | history | answered | alamoot | CC BY-SA 4.0 |