On the radio today they went over a hypothetical situation. Say yesterday KC tried on onside kick in OT, recovered, and scored a FG. Would that have been the game?
The answer is no, since SF did not have a possession. But what I want to know is how it would have been handled then (assuming KC scored a FG after getting onside kick).
They would kick off, and give 49ers a possession. Say 49ers scored a TD then. Is game over???
On the radio today they went over a hypothetical situation. Say yesterday KC tried on onside kick in OT, recovered, and scored a FG. Would that have been the game?
The answer is no, since SF did not have a possession. But what I want to know is how it would have been handled then (assuming KC scored a FG after getting onside kick).
They would kick off, and give 49ers a possession. Say 49ers scored a TD then. Is game over???
Interestingly the ref explaining it seemed to be unsure if it was 'each team will get the opportunity to score' which he said first before then saying 'each team will have an opportunity to possess the ball'.
I don't know if an onside kick is an opportunity to possess the ball but I guess it is, and I guess that also means if you fumble the kickoff and the other team recovers it, they could end it with a field goal.
Interestingly the ref explaining it seemed to be unsure if it was 'each team will get the opportunity to score' which he said first before then saying 'each team will have an opportunity to possess the ball'.
I don't know if an onside kick is an opportunity to possess the ball but I guess it is, and I guess that also means if you fumble the kickoff and the other team recovers it, they could end it with a field goal.
definitely an interesting question and the rules do not address this. Perhaps they would be better served to indicate the word "offensive" possession in the rules as this better defines what is lacking. It just currently states that each team will have a chance to possess the ball, but in actuality the kicking team does actually possess the ball.
They should shore up the language to make more sense and not have loop holes. But your radio people are correct it would seem. They could have tried an onside kick and had the kicking team recovered the other team still hadn't possessed the ball yet so they would get their chance. In other words, it renders an onside kick meaningless at that point in time of the game. Same would be said if the team that possessed the ball first scored and then recovered an onside kick. The other team still hasn't possessed the ball.
NFL has an issue it seems and too bad it didn't play out last night to see how they would have unfolded that....
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definitely an interesting question and the rules do not address this. Perhaps they would be better served to indicate the word "offensive" possession in the rules as this better defines what is lacking. It just currently states that each team will have a chance to possess the ball, but in actuality the kicking team does actually possess the ball.
They should shore up the language to make more sense and not have loop holes. But your radio people are correct it would seem. They could have tried an onside kick and had the kicking team recovered the other team still hadn't possessed the ball yet so they would get their chance. In other words, it renders an onside kick meaningless at that point in time of the game. Same would be said if the team that possessed the ball first scored and then recovered an onside kick. The other team still hasn't possessed the ball.
NFL has an issue it seems and too bad it didn't play out last night to see how they would have unfolded that....
I would think the game would be over. In my view you still have to earn your possession or rather protect it and receiving team not recovering onside kick is a forfeiture of that possession.
I would think the game would be over. In my view you still have to earn your possession or rather protect it and receiving team not recovering onside kick is a forfeiture of that possession.
Not if it goes 10 yards and you grab the ball, so the kicking team could get ball even in other team does not touch ball. To solve the problem that arises with onside kicks, they should just simply start the possessions from 20 yard line and eliminate any chance of on onside kick.
Not if it goes 10 yards and you grab the ball, so the kicking team could get ball even in other team does not touch ball. To solve the problem that arises with onside kicks, they should just simply start the possessions from 20 yard line and eliminate any chance of on onside kick.
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