"It has become a strangely familiar sight: A player streaking toward the end zone, well beyond the reach of defenders, a touchdown looking like a certainty. And then ... Just before crossing the goal line, the ball carrier suffers a massive lapse in judgment and drops the ball, then sometimes tries to recover it as it bounces out of the back of the end zone. After a review, the apparent touchdown is overturned and changed to a touchback, giving the opposing team possession."
"Cardinals running back Emari Demercado was the latest to commit this blunder when he dropped the ball just short of the goal line on a would-be 72-yard touchdown against the Tennessee Titans on Sunday. The ball bounced out of the back of the end zone for a touchback. Demercado's mistake helped pave the way for the Titans to pull off a fourth-quarter rally from a 21-6 deficit to win 22-21."
High-end scoring opportunities have recently turned into game-altering mistakes when ball carriers drop the ball just before crossing the goal line. Such fumbles often bounce out of the back of the end zone and, after review, are ruled touchbacks that award possession to the opponent. Cardinals running back Emari Demercado recently committed one of these errors on a would-be 72-yard touchdown, and a similar miscue affected an Indianapolis Colts receiver the previous week. Those mistakes have directly influenced late-game outcomes and momentum, and the Colts and Cardinals now meet following those incidents.
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