Rules question from Pack/Bears game re: replay challenge

[MyTurn2Raise]

i have no idea...that's why it's my favorite answer

seems he played both sides

i'm hoping it was just a mistake somewhere in editing
I reread the damn thing 4 times before I decided I was reading it correctly.

[RedBean]

He clarified it in the next week's column:

I know officials don't make the rules, but can you explain the rationale behind the rule about Michael Vick fumbling without being touched, and why that's a fumble? --Jim Boskey, Mokena, Ill.

The Michael Vick play is a fumble only in professional football. Both high school and college rules stipulate that a runner in possession of the ball is down when anything other than his hand or foot hits the ground, whether or not he is contacted by an opponent. Under high school and college rules, the Vick play would have been blown dead and Atlanta would have retained possession. Professional rules make it a little tougher on the players; thus, the reason for the pro rule, which is the ground can cause a fumble if the runner is not down by contact.

[RobertH]

Sounds like the same thing happened in the Buffalo game (challenge of the spot, ball is indeed moved, but still no first down) and the team was NOT charged a time out.

[jstnrgrs]

I don't know the rule, but I think it would be resonable to make the rule be that if you challange the spot of the ball, you only win the challange if the ball is moved more than 2 yards, or if a first down call is changed. You don't want to have coaches challanging every time they think the spot is off by a few inches.

[adios]

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I don't know the rule, but I think it would be resonable to make the rule be that if you challange the spot of the ball, you only win the challange if the ball is moved more than 2 yards, or if a first down call is changed. You don't want to have coaches challanging every time they think the spot is off by a few inches.

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A coach only gets two challenges a game.

[Artdogg]

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Sounds like the same thing happened in the Buffalo game (challenge of the spot, ball is indeed moved, but still no first down) and the team was NOT charged a time out.

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pretty sure the knee went down early and they didnt catch it in that instance, 2 different situations