Just wondering

[Bozarden]

When the returner touches the Ball outside of the endzone and proceeds to run into the endzone and Take a knee shouldnt this be ruled a safety? Because that clearly happened in our game against baltimore last week and it was rouled a touchback

It happened with 3.30 left in the 3rd quarter, just after our field goal, if anyone wanted to Take a look themselves.

I know this is Bears week but i just found that play really Strange and cant get it out of my head

[Panthro]

If momentum takes them into the endzone it is not ruled a safety. They rule was actually changed because it happened to IIRC Doug Evans on an INT. 

[B.BERSIN]

I didn't stand to watch that game that long to see this play.

[Car123]

Yeah I thought that was weird when it happened.

[Car123]

If momentum takes them into the endzone it is not ruled a safety. They rule was actually changed because it happened to IIRC Doug Evans on an INT.

Not sure it's similar.

But what happened to Evans happened to Thomas Davis in 2007 vs the Cowboys.

[mbarbour21]

I was puzzled by that too......i just figured the refs knew better than me......

[Cary Kollins]

I just figured the game was so out of hand the refs said FUG IT TOUCHBACK.

[rayzor]

i stopped watching about 10 minutes prior to that.

[PandaPancake]

I was already going Ray Rice on my girlfriend and missed that one

[Pejorative Miscreant]

If momentum takes them into the endzone it is not ruled a safety. They rule was actually changed because it happened to IIRC Doug Evans on an INT.

I believe this is the rule.

How it's enforced might be another story. There may be some gray area in what someone deems as momentum.

[t96]

When the returner touches the Ball outside of the endzone and proceeds to run into the endzone and Take a knee shouldnt this be ruled a safety? Because that clearly happened in our game against baltimore last week and it was rouled a touchback

It happened with 3.30 left in the 3rd quarter, just after our field goal, if anyone wanted to Take a look themselves.

I know this is Bears week but i just found that play really Strange and cant get it out of my head

 

I thought the same thing at the time. I was freaking out about it because f*ck momentum that should be a damn safety. Returners need to have the awareness to get out of the end zone if their own momentum takes them back in, before kneeling the ball. 

[rmsanger]

I was already going Ray Rice on my girlfriend and missed that one

What did your left hand ever do to you?

[toldozer]

I saw it too but then the commentators didn't even touch on it. The returner was clearly in the field of play it took a weird hop he touched it and then went back in the endzone I thought it was clearly a safety but they didn't even mention why it wasn't.

[JawnyBlaze]

I could be mistaken, but I think they have to have possession of the ball in the field of play and then go back into the endzone for a safety on a kick/punt.  If I recall the play correctly, I don't think he had possession in the field of play.