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Is this a new rule in the NFL?
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Is this a new rule in the NFL?
I am not talking about starting at the 25 after a touchback.

But in the Skins vs Jets preseason the Jets got a safety, not for tackling our guy in our own end zone, or having the ball go out the back, but is it a new rule to call a safety on a mere penalty when the ball isn't out of the endzone yet and the play is not over? I saw it, yes, but don't understand it. It used to be simply put the ball on the 1 inch line. Is it merely rarely used or simply another new rule this year?
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RE: Is this a new rule in the NFL?
If it's an offensive infraction and committed inside the end-zone, it's a safety. Been that way for years.

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RE: Is this a new rule in the NFL?
(August 21, 2016 at 4:46 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: If it's an offensive infraction and committed inside the end-zone, it's a safety. Been that way for years.

That's stupid, didn't it used to be they just put it on the one inch line?
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RE: Is this a new rule in the NFL?
(August 21, 2016 at 4:52 pm)Brian37 Wrote:
(August 21, 2016 at 4:46 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: If it's an offensive infraction and committed inside the end-zone, it's a safety. Been that way for years.

That's stupid, didn't it used to be they just put it on the one inch line?

If the infraction was committed outside the end-zone, yes. I believe that's still the case.

I think penalties committed to avoid the safety -- grounding, holding, clipping, etc -- should result in a safety.

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