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Apr 1, 2025 · If a safety is scored, it always ends the game (unless it is a 1- or 2-point conversion attempt). If the defense scores the safety on the first possession, it has locked a win and there will …
Hold the line: Examining 2 safety calls from Sunday
Sep 22, 2025 · Safety or not a safety? That is the question. Late in the fourth quarter, the 49ers were backed up to their goalposts with a 2nd & 10 from their own 6. While Mac Jones was scrambling in …
Defenses can now decline a safety in some cases. Here’s how ...
Sep 9, 2023 · This has always been a safety by virtue of the dead-ball spot and by the penalty in the end zone. However, the defense now has an additional option to enforce the penalty from the previous spot.
Cowboys desperation pass would have been intentional ...
Sep 22, 2024 · By all reasonable interpretations of the rulebook, Dak Prescott’s wild pass to avoid a sack in the end zone is a safety. On the play, Prescott was about to be tackled in the end zone when …
Rules review video: Targeting, illegal touching, and joint ...
Oct 31, 2025 · Intentional grounding (safety). The quarterback, while deep at his own 10-yard line and under heavy pressure, threw the ball downfield, and it landed with no receiver anywhere in the area. …
Postgame taunting and violence needs severe consequences
Dec 2, 2024 · We discussed postgame safety and sportsmanship on our 1st & 25 podcast which focused on postgame safety and sportsmanship at the high school level. At all levels of football, once …