Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Fumbling Into and Out of the End Zone
Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss a Tidbit from January concerning the origins of football’s safeties and touchbacks. A consequence of that distinction is that when an offensive player fumbles into the end zone, and it leaves the end zone, the play is ruled a fumble.
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Today's Tidbit... Touchbacks After Fumbling Into the End Zone
After Kansas City Chiefs wideout Mecole Hardman fumbled at the 1-yard line the other day, the ball went into the end zone and out of bounds, so they ruled it a touchback, and the Buffalo Bills gained possession of the ball at the 20-yard line. See Play on NFL on CBS via Twitter
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