Help with a play

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Originally Posted by ljudge

I seem to recall there's a case book play that's somewhat close to the revised version here. I believe it's something like B intercepts the ball in his own endzone and decides to lateral the ball to a teammate (backward pass) and the ball is never caught and simply goes over the endline where it falls dead. Whether I recall it correctly or not, it's the same result if the ball was subsequently passed backward by B. Touchback.

If we had a forward (illegal) pass in the EZ, then we'd have a safety because we'd have a foul by the offense (team with the ball) in the EZ.