That fumble/touchback rule is without question the single worst rule in all of sports. How the NFL hasn't changed it yet is beyond me. That should be first and goal from the 1.
Been around for a while now. Is it punitive? Yes, as is fumbling through your own end zone as that is a safety and free kick to the other team. The other 100 yards between goal lines the offence keeps the ball if It is fumbled out of bounds.
I’ve seen in the last 5 years or so Calvin Johnson getting it knocked out by chancellor, Gurley getting it knocked out by Earl Thomas, Carr fumbling it diving through the air trying to get it to the pylon. Plus a few others.
it’s always guys extending the ball from their body. Everyone is trying to score which you understand but if you are extending it you better make sure you can get it over the line. Understand the situation. Yesterday they would have had first and goal from where Higgins went down. At the one or two.
90 seconds left in the half. They get a TD that changes momentum going into the half even if KC puts up a FG to close the half.