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Wow... Riley Cooper approves :lol:
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Correct me if I am wrong, but it wasn't a touch back because of anything Weems did. It was a touchback because they said the guy that stopped the ball from landing in the endzone was on the white line when he jumped? Weems made a heads up play in trying to pick it up to see if he could get a return (since it appeared the ball would be downed right by the goal line), but he didn't actually accomplish anything. Instead of a safety or touchback for the Vikings we elected to take the touchback from the first touch of the ball.
The situation is so rare, I doubt it can be exploited. Typically when the ball is touched it is downed. And I don't think you want to risk players being in the vicinity of the ball in that situation.
The situation is so rare, I doubt it can be exploited. Typically when the ball is touched it is downed. And I don't think you want to risk players being in the vicinity of the ball in that situation.
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Not the same situation. That was a kickoff not a punt and the kicking team needs to touch the ball first.....
My intial guess is that the Bears could pick up the ball and throw it backwards toward their own endzone to cause a touchback, but going forward would be an illegal pass.
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After the vikings touched the ball we could do whatever we wanted to and it would have been a touch back.
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That is accurate based upon where the Vikings touched it, but I believe that the scenario I am proposing would be a legal play which would result in the ball being downed wherever the returning player is tackled.
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No reason to be a dick.......oh wait it's Rory...
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Thanks. I understand the rarity but if gravity and the element of surprise were to be in our favor I'm sure they could execute something worthwhile...
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Do you not recall two/three years ago when the Bears did this same style play on a punt return?
Hester threw the punt across to Knox who was hidden off in the distance and he returned it for a touchdown. Only it was called back on a non existent holding call the ref threw since it seemed a hold because the blocker was letting the trick set up.
It was in some blowout loss, probably vs the Packers.
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Bottom line is the ball could have been advanced by Weems, but lateral and forward pass rules still apply.
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My contention was about pre snap penalties. I already said in that thread the offense is better and that Jay Cutler in particular looks better.
Perhaps gravity is negatively affecting your reading comprehension.
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I don't remember that, you are not referring to that trick play we pulled which got called back where Hester ran to one side of the field acting like he was going for the punt but actually was just drawing all the defenders to him while Knox actually caught the punt and ran it back, only to be nullified by a hold?
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Well probably should of thought about that before you called my name. Now here we are.
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I was wondering why I hadn't heard about this. I would probably cry if the Bears nearly pulled that off but failed to fucking lateral properly.
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This one?
This one?
