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Originally Posted by Jim D
We had a similar play last weekend. K punted into a strong wind -the ball went up and came down on the line of scrimmage, bounced a few yards downfield and then bounced back behind the line and into the arms of K 76. The player stood there for a few seconds, everyone stopped and then he tossed the ball to an official. At that point we blew it dead.
That may not be the technically correct way to handle that play but it was the smart way. No cheap fouls, no cheap points, no confusion and both teams were OK with what happened.
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I had a very similar play as well except I blew it dead as soon as K touched it on the ground. There were no R players in the area and I realized after I could have told K it was a live ball and they could try to advance it. My error was that I thought at the time that it was a dead ball so technically I had an IW. I didn't realize the ball had bouded behind the original line of scrimmage. Not a major factor in a big blowout and nobody realized it but me.