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Sep 9, 2019
11:53:14pm

PJMort All-American

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Section 2 Dead Ball
Article 1: Dead Ball Declared. An official shall declare the ball dead and the down ended:...
(d) when a runner declares himself down by sliding feet first on the ground. The ball is dead the instant the runner touches the ground with anything other than his hands or his feet; or

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PJMort

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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

wabluecoug

9/10/19 12:17am

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