re: 4th and 18 & Spike with 3 seconds left.... Here you go whiners.

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so a ball carrier loses the ball fumble on the ground, the play is whistled dead as soon as he touches it?

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If he was touching the ball when his knee was down and he started to stand up and continue the play after gaining possession, then yes. He would be down where the ball was when his knee was on the ground.