Seahawks not penalized on crucial play at end of game

[BFritz21]

(10-08-2015, 09:12 PM)Bengalsrob Wrote: That's a screwed up rule all the way around. A Redskin running back fumbled the ball just short of the goal out of bounds(this year) as it passed through the endzone. In that case, it's a turnover spotted on the 20, just as it would have been if either the Seahawk defender recovered the fumble which he could have easily done, or the ball rolled out of bounds on it's own. I think the whole rule is screwed up, if it's fumbled short of the goal (even if it rolls through the endzone) it should go back to the offensive team at the spot of the fumble; I can see not advancing it to a TD , but a touchback....really??? People are crying about this decision, and rightfully so; but they're really crying about the wrong thing, the rule itself needs changed. In other news, they asked some Patriots player about it, and he knew it was an illegal bat; said they practiced that very play. I'll bet good ole Marvin would have been pretty clueless had it happened to us.

I disagree with it going back to the offense because the end zone is the other team's property, so fumbling it into their territory and it going out-of-bounds (if it would have on its own) means that it's the defense's ball.  Protect what's yours and protect the ball, that's football.

A player messes up and fumbles the ball to the defense, and fumbling it into their territory should be treated the same as fumbling it to a defender.