Some of my favorite plays... the guys who pick up these live balls and return them show that they are TUNED IN to the game. They know the rules and are aware of what's happening beyond just their assignment. Fun stuff!
Every NFL coach should play this video along with instructions to take possession of any ball in the field of play and let the refs sort out whether it was an incomplete pass or not.
NO IT DIDN'T!! I have VHS I filmed myself in the 1980's on a cheap camera and it looks better than that. I don't understand why the pros have film that looks worse than mine.
Not how that works, its the quality of the media and it being hilarious degraded, and not transferred to a better format when available. Dont get me wrong, watching in 480 was bad, but it wasn't unbearable mess.
I hate “his hand was moving forward” argument. It doesn’t matter if his hand is moving forward if he has already lost control of the ball, which is the definition of a fumble.
On that first one it's really unbelievable No. 50 on the Bears doesn't just pick it up and run just in case, especially when he didn't hear a whistle. He could have run a long time since all the Packers were just standing around too.
I don't understand how a pro player can stand right next to a ball that's rolling to stop on the ground and just ignore it. If you don't hear a whistle, pick it up, of course. But even if you think you've heard a whistle, pick it up anyway just to make sure - you're right there! That's what I would do. I'm not talking about if the ball is 15 yards away and you have to hustle past a bunch of guys, I understand doing that after every play just to be sure would be impractical. I mean if the ball is right next to you anyway, like in some of these clips, you might as well just bend over and pick the thing up. What's the worst that could happen?
KUDOS to the players who had their heads in the game! About 95% of players are more concerned with celebrating instead of focusing on what's really going on. If I were coaching and one of my players showed off for no other reason than to draw attention to himself, I'd send him to the shower.
Seeing Ray Lewis be among those just sitting around watching the ball just kinda lay there doing nothing is a good reminder that even the all time greats arent perfect
As a football ref soccer to you across the pond and a cricket umpire all be it at an amateur level the first thing I would do if I was a Manager of any sports team is make all my players take and pass the Ref;s exam, the players may or may not have done so so but they knew the rules....and as a Ref we appreciate it
you do realize people would listen to sports games on radio? shitty no color resolution was still better then no video, just audio.. before radio it was just stories..
Not as bad as it looks. These clips are from people who taped the shows on VHS and then later converted them to DVDs and then uploaded them to the Internet. Then this channel grabbed them and made a compilation.
Imagine if instead of running he just casually meandered his way towards the endzone. How long do you think it would take the defense to cotton on? 1 minute? 2 minutes?
I am curious what the refs would do after a few minutes of players standing around knowing it was a live ball. One day I hope something like that happens and the video is posted on RU-vid.
The genius is that this was the actual design of the play.. make it look like an incomplete pass and have everyone stand around. Then casually walk up, pick up the ball, and run it in. 😂
I really wish there was a Thursday Night Prime Football moment where the crew had to debate if a play was a fumble or not. Tony Gonzalez: Good job by the players to play to the whistle, but I'm not sure if that one counts. What do you think Ryan? Ryan FitzMagic (Doing he best to sound like Earl Thomas): HIS HAND WAS GOING FORWARD! Richard Sherman (laughing and visibly in tears unable to speak)
Funny how that works, isn't it? But imagine if it goes as we see, and the guy who picks up the ball and runs gets hit and drops the ball. If a Bears player were to pick it up, would it be live for him again?
1:45 " Illegal substitution on the return team. Nine-hundred and fifty four players on the field, half of whom aren't even in uniform. Five yard penalty. Re-kick."
I remember when this game happened for the bears. It's b******* cuz Roger's hand was moving forward. But then again I can't count on all my fingers and toes how many times the Bears have been screwed by NFL officials in the last 10 years
The Saints at the time were very mad about this play because people were coming off and on the field. Essentially, it was a wild card play. The next offseason, the league got rid of it.
I hate it when PRO players (of any sport) decide/assume what the umpires/referees think...but I also love it because we get to laugh at them. "Look at me! Look how awesome I am! Er...wait...what? I didn't actually carry the ball in to the end zone? Oh sh**..." I don't even like American football, but still these videos are a great watch.
Yes it counted because all of us saints fans hate seeing that dumb play lol. It's a reminder of the abysmal games we had to endure for what seemed like an eternity
Yes it did count. They changed the rule for the next year that punts into the endzone that were not touched by the receiving team were automatically a touchback.
I really think they need to start using common sense on forward psst vrs fumble. If the ball moves forward its likely a forward pass. If it goes backwards it's likely a fumble.
Play to the whistle, is it that hard to understand that? NFL players should know the rules, it’s inexcusable to give up touchdowns like that🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
@@throeawae2130 yeah all those players are blind as well.....whatever. The quarterback was passing and his arm was hit. Just because his arm was hit, does'nt mean its a fumble. He is in the motion of throwing the ball. This is not a player just dropping the ball as in a fumble.
Doesn't matter if the arm was going forwards; if the ball was jarred loose and the QB is no longer in control of it before he started moving his arm forward then it's a fumble all day.
That last one his arm doesn't matter. The rule has always been forward passes have to be caught to be incomplete. That ball did nothing but go backwards lol
It is interesting isn't it? These players make more in a single game than many Americans make in a year. But they can't be bothered to go get the ball.
No way. The NFL is far better than college football in part because you have to be touched down. If you fall down and you burned the defense so badly that they can't even catch up to you to touch you, you deserve to keep going. You can "give yourself up" now, though. If you intentionally go down in-bounds to keep the clock running, for example. The spike here would probably be considered giving yourself up now as he "made no effort to advance the ball" after getting back up.
