Safety or Touchback-A Force Issue?

[bisonlj]

Originally Posted by mbyron

A touchback in (b)? So K gets the ball back at their 20? R loses possession of the ball because they blocked a punt into the EZ? I'm not following this.

Pay close attention to the fact that the ball had come to rest. Essentially the block part of the play is over (at least that's how I understand it). If the original block had put the ball into and out of the end zone, then you would have a safety.

[mikesears]

Originally Posted by mbyron

A touchback in (b)? So K gets the ball back at their 20? R loses possession of the ball because they blocked a punt into the EZ? I'm not following this.

In play B, if Team B hadn't muffed the ball, it wouldn't have gone into the end zone. So it wasn't the kick that put the ball into the endzone. It was the muff of a grounded kick by B.