NFL Video Rulebook
The NFL Video Rulebook explains NFL rules with video examples.
The NFL Video Rulebook explains NFL rules with video examples.
An official shall declare the ball dead and the down ended:
Note: If, after contact by an opponent, any part of a runner’s leg above the ankle or any part of his arm above the wrist touches the ground, the runner is down.
Note: If a quarterback does not immediately drop to a knee, and contact from a rushing defender is unavoidable, it is not a foul unless the defender commits some other act that would constitute unnecessary roughness.
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