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Why are there so many hamstring injuries in the NFL?
The hamstring is the main muscle you use to run. It's more common to had an injury.
What type of injury did Troy Polamalu suffer in the 2012 NFL season?
In the the 2012 NFL season, Troy Polamalu suffered from the injury called hamstring, a leg injury which cost him a total of nine games in the 2012 season.
Can you advance a fumble in the NFL?
No, in the NFL, a fumble cannot be advanced by the offense. If the offense recovers their own fumble, the ball is dead at the spot of the recovery. If the defense recovers the fumble, they can advance it.
What is the shortest play in NFL history?
In 1964, Jim Marshall of the Vikings recovered a fumble 66 yards backwards into his own end zone, resulting in a safety. This was officially called a "-66 yard fumble recovery"
What are the specific fumble recovery rules in the NFL?
In the NFL, a fumble recovery occurs when a player gains possession of the ball after it has been dropped or lost by the opposing team. The player who recovers the fumble can advance the ball, and possession is awarded to the recovering team. If the fumble occurs in the end zone, it can result in a touchdown or a touchback.
If a player with the ball trips and falls untouched and the ground causes a fumble is it a loose ball or dead ball ie ground caused the fumble?
In the NFL, the play would be a fumble as a player must be 'downed by contact' for the play to be whistled dead. If there was no contact causing the player to hit the ground the play is still active. In college football, the play would be dead as there is no 'downed by contact' rule and once the player is on the ground the play is whistled dead.
Has a nfl team ever gone a season without a fumble?
No
What happens when a player advances a fumble in the NFL?
When a player advances a fumble in the NFL, it means they pick up the loose ball and run with it. If the player who recovers the fumble advances it into the opponent's end zone and scores a touchdown, the team gets possession of the ball at the spot of the recovery.
In college football is the play dead if a lateral touches the ground?
Any backward pass (which is what a lateral would be) that is not caught is a fumble in both the NCAA and the NFL.
Who is the all time fumble leader in the NFL?
Brett favre with 166.
If in the NFL a player tries to fumble backwards but somehow it goes forward is it an illegal forward fumble?
A fumble is a fumble, no matter what direction it goes in, but a player cannot advance the ball forward through the air once they have passed the line of scrimmage.
What Running Back has the highest fumble to carry ratio in the NFL?
marrin barber
