Down by contact

[Cyrus12]

Does tyrice knight get credit for a forced fumble for fantasy purposes?

 

[BigMeach]

Sounds exactly like how I understood the rule.

Disclaimer

I’m no expert but I think we will see or hear an apology “we got it wrong”.

What's confusing to me is if it's ruled down at the start of the slide, how can you later fumble it a few feet after?

 

[pmedic920]

What's confusing to me is if it's ruled down at the start of the slide, how can you later fumble it a few feet after?

Can’t as far as I know

I’m convinced they made the wrong call.

Until PROVEN otherwise

 

[flv2]

"Yes, any player in the NFL who is in possession of the ball can give themselves up by sliding feet-first to end the play, a practice sometimes referred to as "sliding" or "going to ground". This action results in the ball being immediately blown dead at the spot where the runner began the slide. Defenders are then obligated to treat the sliding player as down by contact, meaning they cannot deliver unnecessary hits"


That's what google said, who knows...

True, but the officials never rule it that way. They don't apply sliding and being protected until the runner actually touches the ground, (excluding feet and hands). I haven't seen whether he had full possession of the ball when he actually touched the ground. If the ball was 'moving' it's considered to be a fumble.

 

[kidhawk]

Slide or no slide Cardinals player touched him down before the ball came out. Just a horrible call on review

 

[Followthelegion]

Call felt wrong in that it looked like he was giving himself up with the slide but refs haven’t given him that protection as contact with Knight triggered him going down perhaps. I had no clear video view as to him being touched by a Cardinal. Tough tough call

 

[BigMeach]

True, but the officials never rule it that way. They don't apply sliding and being protected until the runner actually touches the ground, (excluding feet and hands). I haven't seen whether he had full possession of the ball when he actually touched the ground. If the ball was 'moving' it's considered to be a fumble.

It looked pretty clear to me that his elbow hit the ground and that is when the ball came out.