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Minor debate in my IDP league, hoping some of y’all can settle it.
Fortunately for me as commish there isn’t a game on the line over it - margin of defeat is far greater than what we award for a tackle. But helpful to me as commish for future such rulings.
The play: Patrick Mahomes in game-kill mode at the end of Bucs/Chiefs. Mahomes runs a few yards for the 1st, and instead of running out of bounds, he slides, giving himself up. He was untouched & the defender (White) was 6’ away.
Had Mahomes run OOB, I don’t think they would have awarded White the TKL since he was so far away, though occasionally I’ve seen that awarded a TKL (I won a ‘ship on a tackle exactly like that by a DB)
but when a QB slides, I thought that ended the play. Even if someone falls on him while he’s sliding they don’t usually award a tackle for that, no?
Yet they gave White a tackle for the Mahomes slide. And White never touched Mahomes.
it’s weird & my league is about 50-50 on it.
so....was that a tackle?
Fortunately for me as commish there isn’t a game on the line over it - margin of defeat is far greater than what we award for a tackle. But helpful to me as commish for future such rulings.
The play: Patrick Mahomes in game-kill mode at the end of Bucs/Chiefs. Mahomes runs a few yards for the 1st, and instead of running out of bounds, he slides, giving himself up. He was untouched & the defender (White) was 6’ away.
Had Mahomes run OOB, I don’t think they would have awarded White the TKL since he was so far away, though occasionally I’ve seen that awarded a TKL (I won a ‘ship on a tackle exactly like that by a DB)
but when a QB slides, I thought that ended the play. Even if someone falls on him while he’s sliding they don’t usually award a tackle for that, no?
Yet they gave White a tackle for the Mahomes slide. And White never touched Mahomes.
it’s weird & my league is about 50-50 on it.
so....was that a tackle?
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