NFL 2017 Week 6 |OT| Fulfill Your Destiny

NFL Rules said:
If an on-field ruling of a dead ball (down by contact, out of bounds, or incomplete forward pass) is changed, the ball belongs to the recovering player at the spot of the recovery, and any advance is nullified. The recovery must occur in the continuing action following the loss of possession. If the ball goes out of bounds in an end zone, the result of the play will be either a touchback or a safety. If the Referee does not have clear and obvious visual evidence as to which player recovered the loose ball, or that the ball went out of bounds, the ruling on the field will stand.
In this scenario the ball was clearly fumbled but they did not have visual evidence to see if he recovered it. They can confirm it was out but not if he had possession before it was out. Therefore, by the rules it would look like they have to let the touchdown stand. I could also just be mashing two things together with the touchback and fumble recovery. I still think that this shows that they need to confirm that he did not have control at any point before going out and you cannot do that.
 
In this scenario the ball was clearly fumbled but they did not have visual evidence to see if he recovered it. They can confirm it was out but not if he had possession before it was out. Therefore, by the rules it would look like they have to let the touchdown stand. I could also just be mashing two things together with the touchback and fumble recovery. I still think that this shows that they need to confirm that he did not have control at any point before going out and you cannot do that.

This is clear reasoning why baseball is less boring than football.
 
Bucs out here celebrating a routine special teams tackle with some elaborate handshake when they are down by three touchdowns. Fucking disgraceful.
 
Sutton and the defense appear to have learned nothing from the playoff game. I'm not counting on them holding the Steelers out of the endzone this time.
 
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