Catching a field goal miss?
970399
It is NOT placed at the 20 yard line, if a player takes a knee after the missed field goal beyond the 20 yard line. The ball is placed at the line of scrimmage from where the field goal was kicked. So in this example, Chicago would have got in from the 40ish but Hester took a gamble and it paid off.
1096151
I guess all the referees communication device, but if the play was missed by a ref, one that makes the call is the person who sees the infraction then ref in field makes the final judgement on what the call should be.  Ref in field has more power than the sidelines at all time.
147320
Not now. Why? \n\n1. They don't do fake punts, fieldgoals or flea flickers like they used to (long time ago).\n2. When they need 1st or long yards they pass it to the flats (still haven't figured that one out)\n\nIf they went back to play they did when they were champs they could do it again.\n\nGo Cowboys !!
1013816
NFL.com would proably help some. Watching is proably the best help though. Refs are actually doing a decent job now of explaining penalties, if there is anything to explain. As long as you try to wait until after the play is done your man should be happy to try to help you understand what happened. The problem with trying to explain during the play is that things are devolping so hard to explain it all as it happens. Easier to explain if there is a replay so that you know what is going to happen. Would almost be best to kinda get a tape of a game and have him explain it as it goes along. That way there is no importance to the game itself, not live so not really interrupting it.
918399
Yes, in your example the stats would say 50 passing yards.\n\nNow there would also be a stat that showed 30 YAC (yards after catch) but the passing yard stat would count all yards from the line of scrimage gained from the play.
885789
Yes. As long as the ball is kicked beyond 10 yards. Once that occurs, whether by onside kick or regular kick, it is a live ball. During the time I played there were several times that the receiving team just let the ball go, expecting it to go out the back of the end zone. When it did not, the kicking team was able to grab it and score a touchdown.\nAlso, the other way it can be recovered by the kicking team is if a member of receiving team touches it, whether the ball passes 10 yards or not.
976044
Every penalty has a different value specified for it (false start--5 yds., pass interference--15 yds. or the spot of the foul, intentional grounding--10 yds. and loss of down, etc.)...if the distance of the penalty is more than half the distance to the goal, the penalty will be half the distance to the goal instead of what it's usually assigned (example: 5-yd false start penalty is enforced half-the-distance-to-the-goal if it's within the penalized team's 10-yd-line)\n\nAccepting the penalty is basically approving the enforcement of the penalty that's called, declining is essentially asking to forget the penalty and move on as if nothing ever happened.\n\nStrategy's pretty simple, accept it if it helps your team, decline it if it doesn't.  Usually teams will decline a penalty if declining it would lead to a 4th down or they'll decline a pass interference call if they got more than 15 yards out of the play...oh, and fyi, teams are not allowed to accept more than one penalty on the same play, so they automatically decline the less severe and have the option of accepting the more severe penalty.  If there's a penalty on the play and then one after the play, they can take both.\n\nBet Joe Paterno's wishing he'd remembered he could decline the offsides penalty in that game against Wisconsin!!!! :D :D :D
444511
There is a coin toss to determine who gets to recieve the ball and who kicks it off. Then there is a kickoff where one team kicks the ball to the other team and they recieve it, then they can run it up the field or call for a fair catch, or if its in the endzone, take a knee and start with the ball at their own 20 yard line.
703851
The Elias Sports Bureau officially changed the touchdown play by Eagles RB Correll Buckhalter in last Sunday's game vs. Washington. They ruled that Reggie Brown did not have possession of the ball and, therefore, did not fumble.\n\nThere was NO FUMBLE on this play - it should be scored as a\n55-yard TD pass from McNabb to Buckhalter.  So in a nutshell here is how is affected things:\nReggie Brown lost a long catch, but also lost a fumble.\nCorrell Buckhalter picked up a 55 yard catch, but lost a fumble recovery.\nDonovan McNabb picked up additional passing yardage from the original fumble recovery that Buckhalter had.\n\nI hope that his helps, but it is frustrating.  One guy in our league lost a game because of it.
1067299
Depends.  If it was meant for the other team and you make a complete catch, it would be.  If was intended for your own team, its just a pass.  If you do not maintain control, say from the pain of getting hit there by a football, you will fumble and the pass will be imcomplete.
795715
If you are 11yrs old and can chuck it 55 yards, you need to start attending football camps now, get on a pop warner team now and learn how to be a quarterback and forget about catching anthing other than the snap from center. \n\nAs far as catching the ball. It's easy. Be aggressive and don't wait on the ball to get to you. Try to go after the ball. Don't let it touch your chest. Form a diamond with your thumbs and index fingers (you can also touch middle finger also if you have big hands) together and try to look the end of the ball (catch it) using that diamond formed as your target. \n\nLook the ball in always. Clamp down on it as soon as it hits the diamond. You'll never drop another pass again. \n\nHold your diamond tight for hard thrown spirals so they don't go straight through your hands (diamond) larry johnson does it all the time when he forms a diamond when he scores a td. This is the basic way you should have your hands to catch a spiral thrown at you. \n\nFor low thrown balls just flip your diamond over and touch the sid es of your palms together along with pinky and "look the ball into the basket." You basket should look as if you are holding getting ready to be handed a pumpkin and you want to use both hands to catch it.  \n\nIf you look the ball in, and be aggressive and not scared of it. You shouldn't drop anything.
706561
If the ball is kicked and goes past the line of scrimmage, then no.\nIf it is kicked and blocked before the ball passes the line of scrimmage and the kicking team recovers the ball, then they can try to kick a field goal again. This happened in a Pittsburgh/Cleveland game a few years back. There was talk of the NFL changing the rules so they couldn't re kick, but I am not aware if they did.
774011
place your ball exactly where it was and your buddy has to play his where it stops. i did that this year and my ball ended up in the hole.  what luck hey
776615
See, this is the problem that I'm having. Because if the field goal is tipped and returned, then it's yards (It's counted as a punt I believe), so I don't quite understand why these return yards shouldn't be counted. So, if a tipped ball would be considered a punt, why not one that isn't tipped but is caught and returned... makes no sense at all...\n\nI'm right there with you, it should have been counted as a punt, or actually a drop kick...\n\nHope we both find our answers... :)
752186
Blocked punts do count.  But in order to get the points, they must remain behind the line of scrimmage.  Here's the rule:\n\n"Blocked kicks are counted only in instances where a kick (FG, PAT, or punt) is touched by the defense and remains behind the original line of scrimmage."\n\nI believe the punt you are talking about went beyond the line of scrimmage, so unfortunately, you won't get any points for that.
485107
if the offense is behind the defense before the ball
378738
when on offense the team has to gain ten yards from where the ball is first spotted in order to get a fresh set of downs.  They have 4 chances to move the ball ten yards.