NFL Trivia — Day 17

🎉 Time's up! The correct answer is: 40-yard line

2 of 24 participants got it right. Discussion is now open!

Under the NFL's dynamic kickoff rules, the ball is placed at the kicking team's 35-yard line for standard kickoffs. [1, 2]

However, depending on specific game situations, penalties, or outcomes, the ball can be placed at different yard lines: [1, 2]

Kicking Placements

• Standard Kickoff: The ball is kicked from the 35-yard line.

I think the AI is still on the fritz, its the 35, I assume corrections will be coming.

Your AI answer, 40-not quite.

@Mike Olson @Cricket 

Could it be the LOS is considered the 40, where everyone but the kicker lines up? Extra Point is measured 33 yard kick, LOS is the 15, 10 yard endzone, 8 yard kicker. Field goal is LOS+10 endzone + 7 or 8 ball placement. The LOS is the is still considered the 15 for lining up offside.

BigAl99 wrote:

Could it be the LOS is considered the 40, where everyone but the kicker lines up? Extra Point is measured 33 yard kick, LOS is the 15, 10 yard endzone, 8 yard kicker. Field goal is LOS+10 endzone + 7 or 8 ball placement. The LOS is the is still considered the 15 for lining up offside.

I am guessing that is what AI is using, but for anybody that knows the game, that question is where they kick off from and that would be the 35, where the ball is actually kicked off from.... IMHO.

I guess its possible to kickoff on the 40 lol.

It is the 35-yard line. But I don't know, I got 9 yards incorrect somehow lol. How many yards was he to the record. The answer 8 isn't right, he wouldn't have the record. He would tie the record. lol

Canthony wrote:

It is the 35-yard line. But I don't know, I got 9 yards incorrect somehow lol. How many yards was he to the record. The answer 8 isn't right, he wouldn't have the record. He would tie the record. lol

tied for the record still would have had him as the record holder. I got it wrong either way so no dog in this fight, but a tied record is the same thing IMO.

JimmyinSD wrote:

tied for the record still would have had him as the record holder. I got it wrong either way so no dog in this fight, but a tied record is the same thing IMO.

I don't see it that way. Dickserson BROKE the record and now carries that title. Peterson at 8 yards would have just been the footnote since it wouldn't have been the record. He would have met the record. Share the title, but I see it being a NEW record if he hit 9 yards. All depends how you look at things. I can see why I got it wrong, just didn't agree with it lol.

JustInTime wrote:

Your AI answer, 40-not quite.
@Mike Olson @Cricket

@JustInTime  ~ Are you saying your answer was 40 & it said your answer was wrong, even though it said 40 is the correct answer? If so, that's really crazy! 😲

However, we know the correct answer is 35, so I hope Mike can make the corrections.

Canthony wrote:

I don't see it that way. Dickserson BROKE the record and now carries that title. Peterson at 8 yards would have just been the footnote since it wouldn't have been the record. He would have met the record. Share the title, but I see it being a NEW record if he hit 9 yards. All depends how you look at things. I can see why I got it wrong, just didn't agree with it lol.

Correct, to break a record you have to surpass the current record. Otherwise you have simply tied the record.

Cricket wrote:

@JustInTime  ~ Are you saying your answer was 40 & it said your answer was wrong, even though it said 40 is the correct answer? If so, that's really crazy! 😲
However, we know the correct answer is 35, so I hope Mike can make the corrections.

No, that was me mocking the AI.

@Michael Olson Did we get this corrected?

JustInTime wrote:

@Michael Olson Did we get this corrected?

Mehhh, if everyone got it wrong it doesn’t really matter.

AGRforever wrote:

Mehhh, if everyone got it wrong it doesn’t really matter.

Depends if someone ahead of me got it wrong.