Refreshing to see a player own up to his mistake.
Now if the refs would just do the same.
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Glad he owned up to it.
The rule still needs to be changed. It makes absolutely no sense.
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After 227yards and a win great game by him and he is right on this comment.
Then what should happen in that instance? There needs to be a penalty for players trying to reach for the goal line and getting the ball knocked out.
Give them the ball back at the 2. Or 5. Or 10. Or 25 for a touchback but keep the down the same.
It’s absurd they lose possession on a fumble out of bounds. It doesn’t happen anywhere else on the field.
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We need to stop making rules that help the offense. Don’t want to lose the ball? Than play good, situationally aware football. Don’t lose the ball at the endzone. Teams are getting away with illegal motions, offensive pi, illegal blocking down field on pass plays, and defenses get flagged most of the time for covering with good leverage on a poorly thrown ball… or hitting the QB… at all. Or using their hands to stop a receiver from manhandling them. We need to stop rewarding bad football.
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He escaped much criticism for the drop and fumble.
Huge plays that allowed lions to stay in it and win 
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But that happens on any of the other 99.9 yards on the field and they get the ball back. It’s absurd they’d lose it there for arbitrary reasons. It makes absolutely no sense.
It’s not arbitrary because the goaline and end zone isn’t treated like the rest of the field.
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How does it at all make sense for a fumble not recovered by the defense to go to the defense?
It’s your end zone. If the opposing team kicks it through it you get possession. If they lose it and no one has possession and it goes through YOUR end zone… you get possession. I think that makes perfect sense. You want to keep the ball? Keep possession of it. You already only have to possess it and have the tip of the ball cross the plane
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Because the end zone isn’t treated like out of bounds or the playing field.
Do you not see any problems arising from your solution? Please refer to Raiders history
Again: How does it make sense that a fumble not recovered by the defense goes to the defense?
On a special teams play. Being kicked. An entirely different set of rules.
What about in their endzone and that being a safety? Should the defense get the ball at the two when that happens?
Because it’s fumbled out of the end zone where the rules are different than the playing field.
Like they also don’t tackle in the end zone once they’re in or it’s a late hit. Why does that make sense ?
Because the end zone has different rules
Did you ever notice a player can catch the ball out of bounds if his feet are in.
Why isn’t the ball considered out of bounds like it is on other occasions when it crosses sideline ?
Out the back of their own endzone. How are people not seeing the difference here?
By this logic, throwing an incomplete pass out of the back of the endzone should be a turnover.
Oddly ironic. lol.
It’s different here imo
Different rules in end zone
Why would Barnes’ safety only be worth 2 points ? Why not 6 or 5 ?
It’s harder to get than a field goal
Why not make it worth more than a field goal?
Why is there a difference? Hold onto the ball, defense is hard enough, when they make a play to punch it free at the goaline reward them.
How about when calvin fumbled against seattle and the ball was illegally batted through the endzone. No calls to change the rule, no outcome other than an apology.
There is nothing wrong with the rule as is and adequately punishes the situation.
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