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Originally Posted by Blue37
I'll give it a shot. R's ball at the 2.
I would use the same philosophy as for an airborne receiver who catches a pass in the endzone but his first contact with the ground is in the field of play. The result of that play is a touchdown.
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REPLY: The key to this ruling is understanding the definition of "recovery." (See, you knew we'd somehow come back to rule 2 on this one
). Look at rule 2-36-1. It says that "An airborne player has completed a recovery when
he first contacts the ground inbounds with the ball in his possession." And where did he first contact the ground? In the endzone. hence, he completed the recovery in the endzone maiking this a TB.
Granted, he was guilty of 'first touching' at R's 2, but obviously R will never take the ball there in this case.