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football rule - Manning's fumble

Posted By: Gregg Cattanach
Date: Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 3:23 p.m.

In Response To: football rule - Manning's fumble (Stanley E. Richards)

Yep. The NFL has the rule that if the ball carrier falls down and is untouched by a defensive player, the play is still alive and he isn't down; he can get back up and run some more. So dropping the ball in such a fall is exactly the same as dropping it while you are upright; both are fumbles.

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