Question on the end of the Saints game

Sep 9, 2019
11:20:48pm

GangstaLean All-American

When Brees hits Ginn on the quick slant with 6 seconds left and goes down if the Texans don’t go touch him does the clock run out?

He’s not down u til he’s touched right?

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Question on the end of the Saints game

GangstaLean

9/9/19 11:20pm

I guess you can give yourself up? Like a QB slide

JuicyJam

9/9/19 11:23pm

you can give yourself up and call TO

OGSuperfan

9/9/19 11:24pm

I wondered that too.

ballen

9/9/19 11:33pm

Down is down no matter if, when, or whether you’re touched. How often does a runner slip w/ no contact?

Soupie

9/9/19 11:42pm

Not in the nfl. In the nfl you can slip, knee can touch, and you can get back

RalphWiggam

9/9/19 11:44pm

Here you go

PJMort

9/9/19 11:53pm

Based on that you can only give yourself up by sliding feet first to the ground

GangstaLean

9/10/19 12:02am

In Ginns case he did not slide feet first and I think if the Texans had just

GangstaLean

9/10/19 12:04am

Later in that same rule (not included in the post), it says

wildcoug

9/10/19 6:27am

You can end the play by giving yourself up. He went down voluntarily to end the

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