Two picks in the same play, one of which is a pick 6

[Reverend Conehead]

I may have a warped mind, but I think thinking up strange things that could happen in the NFL, like having a Super Bowl that's a scoreless tie going into overtime, and then having the final score be 2 to 0 on a game-winning safety.
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I've thought of another weird thing that could happen. The offense throws a bomb that gets picked off, and the intercepting player starts to run it back, but then (stupidly) laterals it to the other side of the field, intended for another defensive player. However, OOPS!, his lateral gets picked off by an offensive player, who then scores a touchdown. Therefore, it's a play in which both the offense and the defense throw interceptions, and the offense gets a pick 6.
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Is this even possible? If the defense, after intercepting, throws a lateral that gets picked off, is it even considered an interception? Or is it a fumble? And if the offense does indeed get credit for a pick, and scores, does it go into the books as the offense scoring on a pick 6?

 

[JD_KaPow]

A lateral is not a forward pass and therefore can't be intercepted. It would be ruled a fumble.

That's why the playbook description of the Lunatic Lateral play last year is so boring:

Rhamondre Stevenson for 23 yards, lateral to Jakobi Meyers for no gain. Jakobi Meyers fumbles, recovered by Chandler Jones at NE-48 and returned for 48 yards, touchdown

The "fumble" was Meyers throwing a lateral across the field that was "intercepted" by Jones and returned for the game-winning TD.

 

[Cowboys5217]

I'm just still tripping that the 1 point safety is now a thing. Eventually we'll get a score like 24-1.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

I'm just still tripping that the 1 point safety is now a thing. Eventually we'll get a score like 24-1.

Yeah, that's a bizarre one. If I remember right, it's never happened in the NFL, but has happened in college. I think -- not 100 percent sure.

A lateral is not a forward pass and therefore can't be intercepted. It would be ruled a fumble.

That's why the playbook description of the Lunatic Lateral play last year is so boring:

Rhamondre Stevenson for 23 yards, lateral to Jakobi Meyers for no gain. Jakobi Meyers fumbles, recovered by Chandler Jones at NE-48 and returned for 48 yards, touchdown

The "fumble" was Meyers throwing a lateral across the field that was "intercepted" by Jones and returned for the game-winning TD.

Okay, thanks. To me it would make more sense to call that an interception, but the league makes the rules, not me. Thanks for the clarification.

 

[StarOfGlory]

Yeah, that's a bizarre one. If I remember right, it's never happened in the NFL, but has happened in college. I think -- not 100 percent sure.

It has happened! I remember seeing it. It was the Fiesta Bowl between Oregon and Kansas State. Oregon had an extra point attempt blocked, and the ball was picked up by a KS player--who was then tackled in the KS end zone.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

It has happened! I remember seeing it. It was the Fiesta Bowl between Oregon and Kansas State. Oregon had an extra point attempt blocked, and the ball was picked up by a KS player--who was then tackled in the KS end zone.

Cool, gonna find it on Youtube.
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Turns out, there have also been back to back safeties, and the Cowboys inflicted them on the Cardinals one time.

 

[shabazz]

I may have a warped mind,

Yes, and that’s why you’re beloved here. Big tent up in this piece.

 

[StarOfGlory]

Cool, gonna find it on Youtube.
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Turns out, there have also been back to back safeties, and the Cowboys inflicted them on the Cardinals one time.

Ha ha, here it is. The commentator is the same one who called the one-point play in the Texas-Texas A&M game in 2004!