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Originally posted by sloth
So is the safety in the original question due to new force?
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Technically not a new force but the only force, since the R player carried the ball into his own end zone and was downed there. R provided the force that put the ball into the end zone, thus safety.
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If so then what happens in the follow secnario. R muffs the kick and the muff rolls into the end zone.
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Stop right there. It was a touchback as soon as the kick crossed the goal line. (Since nobody recovered or caught the kick, it's still a kick.)
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As for the origonal question, if the new force had been introduced by K, what would be the result if the ball goes out of the back of the end zone or is recovered by R or K?
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If K recovers a free kick, the ball becomes dead there immediately. If K (or R) muffs a free kick into the R end zone, it's a touchback (see above). Force is not a factor.