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Originally posted by The Roamin' Umpire
I'll need to check my book, but I believe I disagree. There cannot be a new force on a kick before it is grounded, but I don't believe there's such a provision for a backwards pass... which makes this a judgement call.
If the pitch was fairly forceful, then I'll have a touchback. If the pitch was easy and hit the defender charging toward his own end zone, I have a new force supplied by B, and therefore a safety when the ball is recovered by B in their endzone.
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Initial force results from a carry, fumble, kick pass or snap. So in this case, force can't be attributed to B. After a backward pass...has been grounded, a new force may result from a bat, illegal kick or muff. The only one here that would even come close here to having B give it a new force is the muff and that means he'd have to try unsuccessfully to gain possession which is a far cry from having a lateral bounce off his shoulder pad.