int turn into a safety?

[jwhezzy2003]

I get the int at the one yard line but the momentum of the cb is still falling back into the endzone and the wr tackles me. Safety and I have to punt the ball back to them SMH.

[mh92485]

Just had the same thing happen to me, int at about the 1-2 yd line, tackled back into the end zone and booth review also said it was a safety. Very annoying.

[PGaither84]

What is the official rule on that anyway? It isn't something that happens every day. Any evidence of it happening in real life, and what the right call is?

[SmashMan]

Isn't that what should happen?

Defender catches ball in field of play, falls/gets tackled into endzone - it's a safety.

EDIT - Rule is:

Quote:

Exceptions: It is not a safety: (1) If a forward pass from behind the line of scrimmage is incomplete in the end zone. (2) If a defensive player, in the field of play, intercepts a pass or catches or recovers a fumble, backward pass, scrimmage kick, free kick, or fair catch kick, and his original momentum carries him into his end zone where the ball is declared dead in his team’s possession. The ball belongs to the defensive team at the spot where the player’s foot or other body part touched the ground to establish possession.

http://static.nfl.com/static/content...12_Scoring.pdf

So in this case, both of the first two posters said they were tackled in, thus it's correctly being called a safety. If the defender goes in on his own, the ball is moved to the spot of established possession. Unless I'm misreading it.

[SabbysDaddy]

Correct. That is how the nfl (and I) would call it

[mh92485]

Quote: Originally Posted by SmashMan

Isn't that what should happen? Defender catches ball in field of play, falls/gets tackled into endzone - it's a safety.

Wouldn't it be placed at the one due to forward progress?

[skizel21]

Quote: Originally Posted by SmashMan

Isn't that what should happen? Defender catches ball in field of play, falls/gets tackled into endzone - it's a safety.

Quote: Originally Posted by mh92485

Wouldn't it be placed at the one due to forward progress?

If momentum is falling back then yes, its placed at the 1.

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[azdawgpound]

http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/164137153


here's a funny safety video I had against the cmp was in 13 though I still try figure out how it was he run's and not sure if he throws and its a batted ball??? but it go's backward hits the red cone thingy in endzone.