Sentences with phrase «fair catch»

In an act of apparent mercy, they just called fair catches.

They just changed the rule so fair catches inside the 25 get moved out to the 25.

Seeing where the last few years the Cats have been returning about 25 kicks a year, I would guess 8 to 12 of those would be fair caught under that scenario.

The committee also approved the addition of a 15 - yard penalty to the existing option of accepting an awarded fair catch for kick - catch interference.

The Lions wideout was injured calling fair catch on a punt.

OSU's Kip Smith had punts fair caught or returned to FSU's 6, 10, 11, and 16.

Miami had to punt again to Clemson, which has the ball at its own 15 after a non-muffed fair catch by Ray - Ray McCloud.

Something I haven't seen discussed and have been wondering, is if what should be an increase in fair catches will result in a decrease in the number of sequences that go scoring play + PAT, commercial, kickoff, commercial, offensive drive?

St Louis Rams WR Tavon Austin had just fair caught a punt when a Seattle Seahawks gunner ran his own teammate...

However, a recent article in Vanity Fair caught my attention and brought me back to the series.

If that is true, the Cats wold see a reduction to maybe 20 kicks in the field of play with 8 or so fair caught, resulting in one return per game.

But the return game was inefficient (I'm talking about kick returns here — opponents didn't punt), and Thomas Bennett's punts didn't travel far enough (42.3 - yard average with minimal fair catches) to justify allowing 8.5 yards per return.

When I laid it all out again in response to the proposed (and since passed) half measure of allowing any kickoff fair caught inside the 25 - yard line to be considered a touchback, the bulk of the response was, «Eh, that actually seems better than the current plan.»

The 6» 3 sophomore was a first - year hit, averaging 42.7 yards per kick with a good fair catch ratio and a 70 percent punting success rate (14th in FBS).

Here's an article from 1984 where Joe Gibbs talks about how Nelms» refusal to fair catch despite Gibbs requesting it.

15 of those have been taken as fair catches while 20 have been downed inside the opponent's 20.

The dogs with the eight longest Fair Catches qualify for the Final.

Ohio State maybe gets away with too much contact on a third - down incompletion, and the first punt of the night is fair caught at the Ohio State 10.

I'm with you, paying a guy like Hester or Roberts money to call fair catches is money poorly spent.

Kick it from the 40 yard line and give the other offense the ball at the 20 if it goes out of the end zone or at the 25 if it's fair caught inside the 10.

St Louis Rams WR Tavon Austin had just fair caught a punt when a Seattle Seahawks gunner ran his own teammate into him.

Ajene Harris has to fair catch a gorgeous, 53 - yard Drue Chrisman punt at the 12.

We can only assume that Talib was also happy about Norwood's fair catch.

He called a fair catch as the return man and let the ball bounce into the end zone.

On the next Chiefs» punt, the crowd cheered for Norwood's fair catch, which may have been a bit sarcastic.

Halfback Robert McCormack's most memorable football moment was not a vicious tackle or a twisting run but a fair catch.

Spiers» seventh punt is fair caught at the 41.

Scott's mile - high punt is fair caught at the Clemson 25.

JK Scott's punt is fair caught at the Clemson 10.

After ball security, knowing what to let go, what to fair catch and what to return is the most important aspect of returning punts.

Cole Beasley has returned 18 punts during his NFL career with another 13 fair catches.

But this «fair catch, twenty - five yard line rule» seems useless.

Scott's punt is fair caught at the UGA 10.

Auburn's punt is fair caught at the 16.

Marshall's second punt is fair caught at the Bama 40.

The only thing i see is in a tight game a coach may tell his return group to fair catch down at 5 yard line or so give or take a few yards either way and raise hand for this fair catch.

Fair catch rule now inside twenty five on KO's will allow teams to start at 25 yard line.

Kickoffs were an issue, and Papi White wasn't amazingly productive in punt returns, but Michael Farkas» punts were unreturnable (he combined a 40.9 - yard average over 69 kicks with 28 fair catches and 26 punts inside the 20), kick returns were steady, and place - kicker Louie Zervos was a major weapon.

But ALL game long the refs had it in for us: - Side Judge MULTIPLE times added yards to placement of ball: -2 yards on a fair catch PR -1 yard on a fair catch PR - constantly giving them 1/2 -2 yards when placing ball after catches (couple 1st downs too)

the NCAA passed the new kick - off touchback rule «Any fair catch inside the 25 yard line on kickoffs is ruled a touchback»

Also, the newest «safety» measure doesn't really even make the game any safer, since kickoff coverage team members and return team members will still slam into one another at high speed before the ball is fair caught.

The first punt of the game is fair caught at the New England 37.

Isn't that the whole point of a fair catch, if you know your not going to be able to return the punt without getting lit up you call for a fair catch.

You call a fair catch your fine if you don't it should be fair game.

I was trying to decide whether to signal for a fair catch when I saw I had some room.

Then, they forced Green Bay into a quick three - and - out, but declined a fair catch kick and a chance for three points at the end of the half.

The play took all of seven seconds, but it essentially ensured that the San Francisco 49ers couldn't get the ball back with enough to time to run a play without calling for a fair catch on the ensuing safety punt.