It was nice but I still like... 1. The Music City Miracle 2. Chicago's Mike Brown's back to back overtime interceptions returned for touchdowns versus San Fran and Cleveland last year was amazing. Just incredible.
I saw the play when it actually happened, and OUCH! My father is a HUGE Browns fan so I'M REALLY going to hear about it. Funny, I turned to my brother after the field goal went through and said to him "that guy's going to be cut".
An O-lineman is allowed to catch a lateral. As long as the ball is not moving foward the inelligable reciever rule does not apply. Great day to be a chiefs fan. Also this is a very promising start of the season.
I have a question...why didn't he just throw the football out of bounds? Or does that come out to be a safety? Because even if he loses the ball after getting sacked...and then going out of bounds, I thought it would be a touchback or something. Am I right? And the idiot throwing the football away was a former QB....isn't that sad...
throwing it/kicking it out of bounds in your own endzone would result in a safety. i remember watching Tom Tupa quarterback the Cardinals and Colts over 10 years ago... Personally, I thought it was funny when he switched to play punter... I never got adjusted to that fact.
I didn't see the play, But, In That Situation If you don't get the punt off, you are basically screwed, If you try to run or throw incomplete, You will be stopped and give the offense an easy FG for the win. Throwing the Ball up and hoping for a miracle from God is really the only thing you can do.
Wasn't this in overtime? Even a safety would have meant the loss of the game. He had to try and advance the ball. He had a receiver there. He just got hit while releasing the ball and the thing didn't go where he wanted it to. In his defense, Tupa was never a left-handed quarterback! A safety would have meant immediate loss of the game. An incomplete pass would have given the other team the ball first-and-goal inside the 5. Either of those is way bad. Desperate times call for desperate measures.
