Safety

[Rich]

Originally Posted by maven

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.

It's not even following the spirit of the rule. I was being a bit facetious, I'll admit. It's a free kick -- I gotta let it live since K can recover it, even if it's laying there not moving -- I'm not blowing it dead until both teams show me that neither is trying to recover it.

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.

[Robert Goodman]

What would be the difference if the loose ball was a fumble? A player's got to know that if he takes a ball back across his own goal line & kills it there, that's a safety.

[Forksref]

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.

[maven]

Originally Posted by Rich

I was being a bit facetious, I'll admit.

So, now that you're a muckety-muck admin, you can't be bothered to use smiley's? I guess life is short...