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Like most of you, I've probably watched that sequence a couple of hundred times since Sunday. One thing isn't clear to me; I apologize if this has been addressed in another thread.
The play happens in a flash, but there is no doubt that the ball itself is in the field of play when he makes the interception. In addition, it looks tome like that, for a split second, each of his feet touch down in the field of play beyond the white end zone line after he has caught the ball. His momentum then takes him back into the end zone and, as we all know, he runs out to the two yard line. So here are my questions:
Question 1: Is my perception right? Did each one of his feet land in the field of play beyond the end zone line for a very brief period of time after he made The Pick?
Question 2: If both of his feet were in the field of play beyond the end zone line for that split second, what would have been ruled if he had gone to the ground in the end zone? Would it have been ruled a Touchback because his momentum had carried him there or would it have been ruled a Safety if (and presumably when) a Seahawks' player touched or landed on him?
There's no doubt in my mind that his instinct was the right instinct to get out of the end zone, BTW. I'm just wondering what the rules would say about this.
Thank you.
The play happens in a flash, but there is no doubt that the ball itself is in the field of play when he makes the interception. In addition, it looks tome like that, for a split second, each of his feet touch down in the field of play beyond the white end zone line after he has caught the ball. His momentum then takes him back into the end zone and, as we all know, he runs out to the two yard line. So here are my questions:
Question 1: Is my perception right? Did each one of his feet land in the field of play beyond the end zone line for a very brief period of time after he made The Pick?
Question 2: If both of his feet were in the field of play beyond the end zone line for that split second, what would have been ruled if he had gone to the ground in the end zone? Would it have been ruled a Touchback because his momentum had carried him there or would it have been ruled a Safety if (and presumably when) a Seahawks' player touched or landed on him?
There's no doubt in my mind that his instinct was the right instinct to get out of the end zone, BTW. I'm just wondering what the rules would say about this.
Thank you.
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