NFL will look at the fumble-out-of-end-zone rule

BayouSAINTJoe said

The simplest way to handle this is to maintain possession for the fumbling team at the spot possession was lost.

There shouldn't be a penalty for trying to score a touchdown and losing possession.

And the defense damn sure shouldn't get possession of a ball they never possessed

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Exactly. It's unbelievably stupid. For the life of me I can't understand the though process that went into making up that rule in the first place. Most of the time a fumble out of the end zone comes as a result of a guy fighting like hell to score. Giving second and third efforts to reach the ball across the line. Ball rolls out of the end zone and boom, the other team gets the ball. That's a back breaker.

Of all of the things that could happen after a play like that, the defense getting the ball makes the least sense to me.