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Originally posted by mcrowder
(snip) ... In fact, you see it often where K players have surrounded the ball and it's rolling slowly. If K doesn't touch it, and it stops rolling, you blow it dead right there, without waiting for K to grab it.
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REPLY: I agree if K players are just surrounding a slowly rolling scrimmage kick, I would blow it dead as soon as it came to rest. But If it comes to rest and there are players still moving toward it, I'd give it a second or two to make sure that none of them are attempting to secure it. Suppose K first touches (illegally touches) a scrimmage kick at B's 20 and it continues to roll until it comes to rest on B's 10. If there's a B player in the neighborhood, I'm going to be certain that he doesn't want any part of that ball before I blow it dead. Remember, he can attempt to recover it and advance with his first touch "get out of jail free" card firmly in hand (barring any fouls, of course). So i'm going to give him the opportunity to recognize that.