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Originally Posted by SC Official
The FED made a rule change this past offseason that allows R to "tack on" fouls committed by K during a kick down.
Also, (B) is inaccurate because the fact that the enforcement for the foul results in a safety means there will be no untimed down. (C) is an accurate option but given R is down by 3 obviously they don't want that.
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So ... Team B *could* choose the safety, but then they'd lose the game. So, they *choose* to have the penalty applied at the end of the run so as to have a chance to win. Earlier in the game (and especially if the kick weren't returned so far), Team B might choose the safety.
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