***Week 16 GameDay Thread - Bengals @ Texans***

[Destro]

(12-27-2020, 07:04 PM)michaelsean Wrote: I get the rule but it never hid the ground. So why isn’t it a really weird lateral?

It went forward, so not a lateral, and a fumble need not hit the ground. Pretty much, a ball carrier must maintain control for the ball to be advanced. It is one of those "only on fourth down rules" but it is written to prevent someone from just fake fumbling to prevent a tackle to get a teammate to pick it up and get a first. Actually, exactly what we just saw.