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Post by mbabeav on Dec 30, 2018 13:11:49 GMT -8
But given the penalty for taunting there at the end so that they had to kick off from the 20 instead of the 35 oh, wouldn't it have been smarter to kick the ball out of bounds so that the Giants would get the ball on the 35 then give them the chance at the long return that they got.
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Post by kersting13 on Dec 30, 2018 17:19:47 GMT -8
But given the penalty for taunting there at the end so that they had to kick off from the 20 instead of the 35 oh, wouldn't it have been smarter to kick the ball out of bounds so that the Giants would get the ball on the 35 then give them the chance at the long return that they got. A kick out of bounds would have been moved up to the 50 when you're kicking off from the 20. You don't get a bonus for kicking out of bounds when you start from farther back, it's a penalty from the point that you kicked it, not just a straight up 35-yard-line for a kick OOB. NFL rules: 5. When a kickoff goes out of bounds between the goal lines without being touched by the receiving team, the ball belongs to the receivers 30 yards from the spot of the kick or at the out-of-bounds spot unless the ball went out-of-bounds the first time an onside kick was attempted. In this case, the kicking team is penalized five yards and the ball must be kicked again. |
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Post by mbabeav on Dec 30, 2018 20:39:57 GMT -8
But given the penalty for taunting there at the end so that they had to kick off from the 20 instead of the 35 oh, wouldn't it have been smarter to kick the ball out of bounds so that the Giants would get the ball on the 35 then give them the chance at the long return that they got. A kick out of bounds would have been moved up to the 50 when you're kicking off from the 20. You don't get a bonus for kicking out of bounds when you start from farther back, it's a penalty from the point that you kicked it, not just a straight up 35-yard-line for a kick OOB. NFL rules: 5. When a kickoff goes out of bounds between the goal lines without being touched by the receiving team, the ball belongs to the receivers 30 yards from the spot of the kick or at the out-of-bounds spot unless the ball went out-of-bounds the first time an onside kick was attempted. In this case, the kicking team is penalized five yards and the ball must be kicked again. Ok, makes sense, and tells me why I have never seen it done. |
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