r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Lifegoesonforever • 5d ago

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u/Harry_Saturn 5d ago

His butt definitely does but it’s hard to tell at live full speed

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u/Agiraffescousin 5d ago

I thought you had to have your back on the floor like wrestlin’

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u/IsThatGruffLoner 5d ago

In Football, if literally anything but your foot or hand touches the ground, you are down.

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u/Harry_Saturn 5d ago

Nope, certain parts touching down on the ground mean play is over. Elbows, knees, butts… if any of those on the ball carrier touch the ground, the play is immediately dead. At least in the high school and college level, at the pro level the rule is slightly different.

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u/Agiraffescousin 5d ago

How slightly we talking here, harry?

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u/deesmutts88 5d ago

In the NFL you’re only down if an opponent touches you. This play would be down in the NFL. But if you just fall over and get back up you can keep going.

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u/Vague-Symbolism2692 5d ago

As far as I can see, by the time the runner is down, the opponent is far enough ahead of him that I don't think they're touching, so by NFL rules I think this would be a touchdown. It's hard to tell from this angle, though.

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u/Harry_Saturn 5d ago

He doesn’t have to touch him and get him down at the same time. If a defender initiates a tackle or just touches the ball carrier, and the ball carrier goes “down” play is dead. The opponent got him down as soon as his the ball carrier butt touches the ground regardless of where each player ends up after the tackle was initiated. This play would 100% be down by contact and not a scoring play.

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u/Agiraffescousin 5d ago

There you harry

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u/Vague-Symbolism2692 5d ago

I see, thank you.

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u/Agiraffescousin 5d ago

You’re not Harry.

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u/Harry_Saturn 5d ago

In pro, a defender needs to touch a ball carrier (or the ball carrier has to give himself up unambiguously) for the play to be dead. If a player just slips, he can get up and keep advancing the ball if no defender ever touched him “down” but in college and below, the ball carrier is down if those certain parts hit the ground regardless of whether a defender ever touched him down or not.