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But who would pitch the extra innings?

A touchdown has to be scored first, so only one team can score just 1 point.

Whether or not that ever actually happens.. who knows. The offense scoring a 1 point safety is rare enough and I'm not aware of the defense ever getting one, let alone as their first or only point of the game.

Call it a piece of trivia if nothing else. If it ever actually happens in an NFL game, expect a lot of confused people.

And it's an untimed play so the offense would not run around and take a safety to run the clock out.

Damn, good catch. Glad I'm not running the scoreboard.

4-2, Browns win.

Sounds like a perfect score for the Titans/Colts week 17 game. (assuming both lose this week, and the Browns win both of their games ..... and whatever else has to happen ....)

About the only way I could see it ever happening is the defense intercepts a pass or recovers a fumble on the 2 point conversion, runs it 90+ yards and is going in for the 2 points and the guy gets caught and stripped from behind, ball goes into the end zone, offense falls on it.... 1 point safety. How else do you lose 97 yards on one play?

Either that or a player on offense running the wrong way for whatever reason. (Good sense of humor? Got hit in the head one too many times?)

Jim Marshall's wrong way safety... not on offense, or a 2 point conversion for that matter, but something like this:
https://youtu.be/Q7PANvKO9F0?t=240

Technically, Mack wouldn't have been able to nix a trade. However, in practice, he or his agent could have made it known that he wasn't interested in playing for a team or signing a contract extension. It's very unlikely a team would be willing to give up two first round picks or whatever it was in that situation.

Not necessarily. Yes players do go to good teams .... but teams that pay the most sometimes win out over good teams. Other times a player wants a certain geographical location, or city, in which to live and work. Sometimes it's one of those factors, plus the head coach, or maybe a position coach, that the free agent player feels comfortable with.

Lots of factors go into the decision a player makes regarding where to play, that go well beyond just how good a team is.

I'm not worried about missing out on Mack.

He's a great player and having a great season. That said, I'm just not a fan of using all those assets on a non-QB (and as a matter of good fortune and a smart pick, we were able to get our QB without giving up extra picks.)

There's just so much you can do with 2 first round picks and 23+ million per year. What was it, $90 million guaranteed? My goodness. If he keeps playing at this level, fine, but players fall off after getting paid all the time. Injuries happen.

If you're going to make a move like that, at least do it when you're in contention... like real Super Bowl contention. We weren't there this off-season even in the most optimistic of mindsets.

Just keep building the team and adding to the list of good players. That's 2 first round picks and multiple big free agency signings..

Time changes perspectives on things. At one point, passing on Deshaun Watson looked like a bummer. The picks we got for him? Jabrill Peppers and Denzel Ward. Add in Baker Mayfield with our own pick and it turned out just fine.