GDT: Non-Panthers NFL Discussion part 3: Meet the new season, same as the old season?

[Blueline Bomber]

In case you missed it, yesterday, two different players in two different games let go of the football before crossing the end zone plane, turning an easy TD into a touchback.

It didn’t cost the Bengals, as they were up big in their game and won big. It definitely cost the Colts in their game.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

In case you missed it, yesterday, two different players in two different games let go of the football before crossing the end zone plane, turning an easy TD into a touchback.

It didn’t cost the Bengals, as they were up big in their game and won big. It definitely cost the Colts in their game.

I’m honestly not sure how you don’t see that one time and decide your whole thing as a football player is to hand the ball to the ref when you score.

I would live in such perpetual fear of that ever happening that handing the ball to the ref would become my whole brand.

 

[WreckingCrew]

I’m honestly not sure how you don’t see that one time and decide your whole thing as a football player is to hand the ball to the ref when you score.

I would live in such perpetual fear of that ever happening that handing the ball to the ref would become my whole brand.

That or when you're on a play where you literally ONLY have to not give up the ball to win, and then you only hold it with one arm allowing it to be stripped free

 

[Blueline Bomber]

I’m honestly not sure how you don’t see that one time and decide your whole thing as a football player is to hand the ball to the ref when you score.

I would live in such perpetual fear of that ever happening that handing the ball to the ref would become my whole brand.

There really is no rhyme or reason behind it either. Does dropping the ball the second you enter the end zone make you look cooler? Is it a mental game? “How close can I drop the ball to the plane and have it count.” Is it arrogance or showboating? Because spiking the ball in the end zone is a classic and doesn’t risk losing the TD entirely.