Drew Brees threw a pass that was intercepted by K. Moore of the Redskins. Moore returned the ball to the Washington 44, where he was stripped of the ball by Robert Meachem, who then ran for the touchdown.
Per our policy regarding these types of plays, this is an offensive fumble recovery touchdown for Meachem and NOT a defensive fumble recovery touchdown for the Saints. The intent of having a defensive unit on a fantasy team is to own the defensive players of that team; clearly the Saints defensive unit was never on the field at any time during the play.
Thank you for your understanding in this matter.
**Makes sense and I believe FLEA needs to take away that TD
[Deleted User]Sun 12/6/09 11:07 PM
Officially, the NFL gave Meachem the yardage on the strip but not the points as there was a change of possession 3 times and they are even having a grey area on this.
I think in fairness the play should be dead in fantasy football as there is no real ruling from the NFL, like both teams committing a penalty, take away the play and both sides of this debate would be satisfied!!
DaSOBCommishSun 12/6/09 8:12 PM
Drew Brees threw a pass that was intercepted by K. Moore of the Redskins. Moore returned the ball to the Washington 44, where he was stripped of the ball by Robert Meachem, who then ran for the touchdown.
Per our policy regarding these types of plays, this is an offensive fumble recovery touchdown for Meachem and NOT a defensive fumble recovery touchdown for the Saints. The intent of having a defensive unit on a fantasy team is to own the defensive players of that team; clearly the Saints defensive unit was never on the field at any time during the play.
Thank you for your understanding in this matter.
**Makes sense and I believe FLEA needs to take away that TD
[Deleted User]Sun 12/6/09 11:07 PM
Officially, the NFL gave Meachem the yardage on the strip but not the points as there was a change of possession 3 times and they are even having a grey area on this.
I think in fairness the play should be dead in fantasy football as there is no real ruling from the NFL, like both teams committing a penalty, take away the play and both sides of this debate would be satisfied!!
Rick
PovertyBayOrcaSun 12/6/09 11:22 PM
Like a lot of stats, you cannot always tell the final awarding of points to a player from the box score from the NFL site.
They did award the TD to a "Fumble Return" ... which is the focus of the fantasy vs NFL discussion.