safety or touchdown

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by mbyron

If you're going to be picky about that, you should be picky about the term 'offense', which is defined as the team in possession of the ball. During a scramble for a loose ball, there is no offense. Team A was last in possession, which gives them possession after a joint recovery.

That's not true. The offense remains the offense until there's a change of team possession. Team possession continues while the ball is loose.