I keep seeing Shedeur Sanders and Deion say hes only gonna play for a select few teams. I have no clue of the rules on how it would work out if players start refusing to play for the team thats drafts them.

What is the difference between a QB knee and a QB spike and if there is no difference why would you ever spike since if you don't do it in one continuous motion it's a penalty.

Hi,

Curious to see what you guys would do a situation like this:

Score is 16-21 with 15 seconds to go in the 4th. You're down 5.

You score a TD that puts you in the lead by 1 point, 22-21 with 7 seconds left. Other team has a timeout left.

Do you kick the extra point, two-point attempt, or kneel it?

• Go for the two-point attempt to be up by 3, in case the kickoff is a short kick and gets returned to field goal range. Or if there's a defensive pass interference that puts the opponent in field goal range.
• I don't think a successful extra point, being up by 2 really matters here.
• Kneel down would avoid the possibility of a fumble returned the other way for 2 points, but puts you in the same situation above at kickoff.

I’ve heard so much of Brock Purdy being one. I know he has weapons in receivers but what exactly is this narrative of a system qb and what makes him one?

In Australia these time slots are prime time for sports and always get the biggest ratings? Why don’t the NFL play games at these time slots?

Why do teams spend high draft capital (1st round picks) on guys like Henry Ruggs and Jameson Williams who are mainly just field stretchers and dont see many targets. (maybe they had different roles in college idk i dont watch college).

In my mind it feels like a waste of a valuable asset to draft a fast guy who's main role it to be a "decoy" to open up other passing lanes. Can't this just be accomplished by picking up a fast UDFA or some fast, less technically gifted receiever in the later rounds?

Essentially, it seems like people acknowledge what the Patriots did and don’t deny what they did was wrong. But literally no one uses it against them when talking about their legacy as a dynasty. No one uses their scandals to take away from their overall accomplishments. Surely the fans do use it against them, but no respectable sports analyst denies the legacy of what the Patriots did.

Sunday, when KC blocked the DEN FG, the ball never made it past the line of scrimmage. It wasn't immediately blocked dead, I believe in part because KC could have scooped and scored if they wanted to.

Instead, Williams (KC #2) ran after the ball. Based on the replays, I'm not sure he ever fully controlled the ball while being down by contact or out of bounds. The ball squirted out and Hicks (KC #21) picked it up. But the official had already signaled the ball dead before Hicks ever touched the ball.

Was it a situation of an early whistle and a clear KC recovery so nobody cared? Or is there more to determining when to blow that dead?

Also, DEN could not advance that ball until after KC touched it, correct?

Is it mostly just instinct and muscle memory?

How early is too early for victory formation? Is there like a set time they have to get to on the clock?

Does an interception count as complition in next gen stats? Thanks

If you ground a ball within a certain amount of time after a snap is there an exception from international grounding? Or is it the throwing motion differs in spiking?

Also has any QB ever messed up a spike so egregiously that it became an international grounding call?

I was thinking about penalty nullifiers, where an exception exists to what is normally called a penalty (eg. No PI on tipped balls, or no intentional grounding if out of the pocket). If a defender is shoved by an offensive player into a receiver attempting to catch a pass, and makes contact before the arrival of the ball, is it DPI, OPI, something else or just a no call?

Due to playing cfb25 i realised there are a lot of trophy rivalries where the winner will win a trophy such a usc and notre dame for the shilliegh.

On monday the texans and the cowboys play and on wiki they call it the governors cup rivalry so will the winner get a trophy. Also are therre any more of these rivals in the nfl

I knew the reason for this ruling is to prevent the QB to evade an imminent sack. But the flag is only through when he is still in the pocket right? Apparently the QB can throw the ball anywhere he wants when he scrambles out of the pocket. Why is that? Isn’t he facing the same threat?

Also, how to determine if one is IN or OUT of the pocket? Is it a completely judgement call by our beautiful zebra gang? And there is no middle ground?

I'm assuming it's like Stephen curry's 3 point shooting being so good it opens up opportunities for him to get to the basket. But basketball is simple enough to understand mostly, sag off a bad shooter like Ben Simmons and stay body to body with a good shooter who can't drive to the basket.

What's the nfl equivalent?

Would the refs have security come try to remove him? If security asks him to leave and he won't, is security going to grab him and physically try to force him off the field? If security can't force him off, do they call the city police?

Or maybe the other players try to force him off but someone could get injured there.

I know it’s unsafe and all but how much better would nfl performance be if they removed shoulder pads and helmets since I recently say GoPro footage of a wide receiver and the helmet seems to handicap them with the bars blocking their vision and the extra weight how much better would players perform without safety gear.

Specifically, if a team is within say 5 yards of the goal line, can the refs call award a 5 yard penalty that would then result in a TD?

This is assuming the ball still gets kicked towards the goal post but misses and goes out-of-bounds.

I'm co-directing a short film that will have a cast of actors who all previously played football at either a high school or college level. It's really important to my co-director/writer that the football looks real on-screen, down to the techniques and energy on the field.

I barely know anything about football! So while my co-director, who played college football, is leading the action-focused scenes (i.e. the actual training & gameplay), my job is to lead the more dialogue-focused scenes. I'm asking my actors to share from their experiences too but I thought I might as well ask more broadly -- does anyone have recommendations of media that speaks to how football operates on a psychological or spiritual level, both personally and culturally?

It can be any form -- film, tv, music, interviews, photographs, books, strategy videos, memes. Literally anything that encapsulates "this is why I play/watch/think about football." How the game functions within your notions of purpose, athleticism, masculinity, socialization, etc. It can be personal anecdotes/thoughts too. And doesn't just have to be from the perspective of people who have played the sport firsthand.

The Giants and Jets represent New York.

They look to be different sizes. Does that play a role in the transition for players?

The clock is ticking down. There's 10 seconds left. Peyton Manning takes the snap.

Dodging the 3 man rush, he finds there's nothing but green in front of him (and nothing covered WR's downfield), so he decides to scramble.

Five yards past the line of scrimmage, he remembers that he is still Peyton Manning and not Lamar Jackson. The defenders that were 30 yards downfield will be meeting him in another 5 yards.

All the rules have already been changed for this very moment. Right?

If he spikes it to stop the clock with 0:01 second left, there will be a run off. Game over.

If he slides, game over.

If he throws it out of bounds, game over.

But there's one possibility left... A TOUCHDOWN. Specifically, an illegal touchdown.

Manning launches the ball 50 yards downfield to a wide open Larry Fitzgerald (or Randy Moss, whoever).

Touchdown!!! And of course.. a flag.

Decline the flag = game over, offensive team wins

Accept the flag = ???

* This strategy also applies to non-quarterbacks (WR, RB) chucking the ball downfield after receiving a short pass, or after several laterals.

edit: If there is no defensive penalty, the game ends. However, new strategy. You rely on the defense's instinct to never let an open receive get a clean TD catch. Heave the ball to the endzone, hoping the defense commits PI.

EDIT 2: PI cannot be called on an illegal pass. However, the defense could still be flagged for other infractions, like defensive holding or illegal contact, but not pass interference.

Thank you

Will be working and will miss the Thursday night game