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Originally Posted by Rick KY
I agree the momentum exception should apply in this case, even though the language of the rules don't support it.
The momentum exception as stated applies only to loose balls caught or recovered.
Catch: The act of establishing player possession of a live ball which is in flight...
Recovery: ...is gaining possession of a live ball after it strikes the ground. ...
The B player in this play did niether, so the momentum rule does not apply in this narrow case. However, we can all pretty much agree he did gain possession of a fumble.
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It doesn't say catch (so the definition of catch is irrelevant), it says intercept or recover. So, if it's the wording of the definition of recover that is causing you problems, what is to say that in the case of an airborne fumble or a case like the OP, that the B player did not "intercept" the fumble.
I truly think you are picking nits here to say, even technically, that this play would not qualify for the momentum exception.