Scrimmage Kick/Touchback

[mutzman]

If anything... the bag for first touching by R might be more confusing. If it is even close, K is going to try and do everything they can to cover the kick and if in doing so, they are the first to touch the kick, then your bag signifies that something significant has happened.

[Canned Heat]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but rather than throwing a bag to mark that, you should be winding the clock at first touching by R and then obviously killing it when the ball crossed the goal line for a touchback.

[Theisey]

Originally Posted by Canned Heat

Correct me if I'm wrong, but rather than throwing a bag to mark that, you should be winding the clock at first touching by R and then obviously killing it when the ball crossed the goal line for a touchback.

This play was posted as a scrimmage kick, the clock would start on the snap or be already running.
There is no such animal as "first touching" by a team-R player. You are confusing the wind on the touch for a free kick but that's not the case for this play.

[Canned Heat]

Originally Posted by Theisey

This play was posted as a scrimmage kick, the clock would start on the snap or be already running.
There is no such animal as "first touching" by a team-R player. You are confusing the wind on the touch for a free kick but that's not the case for this play.

You're right...I missed the biggest part of the question.

[buckrog64]

Mechanics are created to minimize confusion and not create it. If the ball is touched by R, a bean bag isn't necessary and I'd hate to turn around and look at two bean bags and then wonder which was which and what for, etc. Your touchback call was right on though.