That sounds about how the guys on the radio were talking about. I still haven't seen the replay though.
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That sounds about how the guys on the radio were talking about. I still haven't seen the replay though.
do you have to control the ball to down it, or just make contact? And not hearing the whistle on the replay makes hard to judge, if that is what you have to look for to end the play.
Control to down it. If the team touches it, it is simply a spot of first touching. After first touching, if not controlled, the receiving team could pick the ball up and return it, and even if they fumbled the ball to the other team, could go back and take the ball at the spot of first touching.
I don't have a problem with the call on the touchback, the ball did touch him while he was on the goalline. If noone else had come in and touched the ball it would have been dead just by him touching it in the field and then rolling into the endzone without it, but when he threw it back it bounced off another player and into him in the endzone.
That should have been inconsequential to the game as Washington didn't make the adjustments needed at halftime to keep moving the ball on Dallas the way they did in the 1st half. I agree with what the announcers said they never went downfield in the passing game to soften the defense and give them more room to work on the short passes and running.
Seemed to me as if he was still traveling, sliding. Guy rolled over - well anyway, that would be about the only thing they could have called, not to spot it at the one.
all I can say is it's tough being a diehard Redskins fan (since 1977) and living with three Cowboy fans. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crazy.gif[/img]
At least you have 3 smart ones in the house. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif[/img]
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: TheBeast</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I don't have a problem with the call on the touchback, the ball did touch him while he was on the goalline. If noone else had come in and touched the ball it would have been dead just by him touching it in the field and then rolling into the endzone without it, but when he threw it back it bounced off another player and into him in the endzone.
That should have been inconsequential to the game as Washington didn't make the adjustments needed at halftime to keep moving the ball on Dallas the way they did in the 1st half. I agree with what the announcers said they never went downfield in the passing game to soften the defense and give them more room to work on the short passes and running. </div></div>
The way you are talking about it being down, was what I thought the rule was. Saying he was still moving and he didn't stop the ball was the only thing I could see that would have been a touchback. I'm always curious when it comes to close calls and the exact rule. Course, [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif[/img] I was more worried about my knowledge till McNabb decided there were no ties.
haha, that's what they keep telling me.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: tre&falsmom</div><div class="ubbcode-body">all I can say is it's tough being a diehard Redskins fan (since 1977) and living with three Cowboy fans. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crazy.gif[/img] </div></div>
Ahh, if the Redskins will run the ball, I can live with them. Did anybody see the guy in the Redskin suit? I thought he looked like the guy on the ESPN show about the older teams, the ones with Riggins and the Hogs. If that fan has been wearing one of those suits since Riggo was the diesel, I have to give a vote for "Best fan in history."