The NFL goal line is eight inches thick. Eight inches. Eight inches of crisp, white paint stretched out across the 53-1/3-yard-wide playing field. It separates the green grass of the playing field from brightly colored end zones.
It’s kind of hard to miss.
We’re not talking about some faint, low-budget, rec-league-quality paint job. This is pro football with either permanently painted lines, or high-quality work of professionals using state-of-the-art equipment. This time of year, there is no snow covering to make the goal line hard to distinguish.
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And yet, another NFL player had difficulty figuring out how far he had to run to complete the act of scoring a touchdown on Sunday.
The latest stooge: Arizona Cardinals running back Emari Demercado, who casually let the football slip from his fingertips at the end of a 71 15/16-yard run, thinking that he had scored a 72-yard touchdown. But he hadn’t.
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