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Originally Posted by shaefner
I still go back to 2-13-1 that says you may put a new force onto a grounded kick. Under that scenario how can it not be a safety?
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REPLY: shaefner...2-13-1 exists only to cover situations where a new force is added to a kick entering
K's end zone. It can never apply to kicks entering R's end zone as you correctly pointed out. Consider this play:
PLAY: K's punt from A's 5 is blocked and comes to rest where either (a) K10 or (b) R6 muffs the loose ball into K's endzone and across the sideline.
RULING: (a) Safety since it is K's force that put the ball into K's end zone where it became dead. In (b) it's a touchback since it was a new force by R which sent the ball across K's goal line.