???jay_mcfc said:Why don't the receiving just run away from the ball when the opposition try an onside kick? Why contest it, knowing that if your player touches it and then the opponents recover the ball they lose possession? Is there any that a receiving team can lose possession of the ball if one of their players doesn't touch it?
pudge said:???jay_mcfc said:Why don't the receiving just run away from the ball when the opposition try an onside kick? Why contest it, knowing that if your player touches it and then the opponents recover the ball they lose possession? Is there any that a receiving team can lose possession of the ball if one of their players doesn't touch it?
If they all ran away from it then the kicking team would be uncontested and easily recover it?
It doesn't have to be touched by the other team before the kicking team can recover; like a punt. It just has to go at least 10 yards before the kicking team can contest it.
My understanding of the rules is based on a ps2 game I loved playing years ago...BUT the kicking team can collect an uncontested ball if it goes at least 10 yards, however, they cannot do anything once they collect it. They start first down from the spot they collected it.jay_mcfc said:If the kicking team collect it uncontested they can't do anything with the ball, can they? I might be seriously confused on this
Yeah, sorry could have worded that part better.jay_mcfc said:pudge said:???jay_mcfc said:Why don't the receiving just run away from the ball when the opposition try an onside kick? Why contest it, knowing that if your player touches it and then the opponents recover the ball they lose possession? Is there any that a receiving team can lose possession of the ball if one of their players doesn't touch it?
If they all ran away from it then the kicking team would be uncontested and easily recover it?
It doesn't have to be touched by the other team before the kicking team can recover; like a punt. It just has to go at least 10 yards before the kicking team can contest it.
But with a punt, when the ball is kicked say inside the 10, when the receiving player runs away from the ball hoping for a favourable bounce, a player from the kicking team can collect the ball but the ball is dead and the possession handed back to the receiving team at the point the opponent collected the ball? Is that any different to an onside kick? If the kicking team collect it uncontested they can't do anything with the ball, can they? I might be seriously confused on this
Edit: Sorry I was confused by your wording of 'like a punt'. I get it now, kick offs are legal once the ball has travelled 10 yards and can be contested by the kicking team. This is the opposite of a punt, and why I was initially confused by the rule. Apologies
foetus said:The NFL has found that 11 of 12 of the New England Patriots game balls were inflated significantly less than the NFL requires
TFC said:foetus said:The NFL has found that 11 of 12 of the New England Patriots game balls were inflated significantly less than the NFL requires
Those twats will do anything they can to get the upper hand, lead by king twat Bill Bellichik. Its the reason I will be hoping Seattle pull their tripe out a week on Sunday and smash them.
foetus said:The NFL has found that 11 of 12 of the New England Patriots game balls were inflated significantly less than the NFL requires