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Agreed that it could've been killed if it sat there for any time at all. If it JUST was dying and the kid grabs it like he's going to take off with it from out of the EZ and then pulls it back into the EZ and kneels, it's a safety if he takes it back in and put it there.
I cannot envision a way where this would've been a TB. Sounds like maybe both player and official got caught in no man's land there...tough one.
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That's a better option for game management, even if not completely following the letter of 4-2-2e(2).
If the question, however, is "TB or safety?" then I'll go with safety. |
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It can't be a touchback unless the kick put it across the goal line. Doesn't sound like that is even in the ballpark. |
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If the ball was possessed in the field of play (end of kick) and then taken into the EZ and downed, then it is a safety. If the ball remained in the field of play while possessed and the knee went down in the EZ, you go with where the ball was at that moment and you have R's ball at the 1/2 yd line. The only way it could be a TB is if the kick had not ended and it went into the EZ. A likely scenario for a TB is if the ball was still live and made its way into the EZ either touched or untouched and still had not been possessed. I've had that on punts before.
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