Dragon Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 I was thinking about the punt block from last Sunday when I remembered there was some debate on if it could be called Illegal Touching as one of our players stepped out of bounds before Penny made the recovery. My question is... how would that work and be enforced? As far as I know once the ball is kicked (fg or punt) barring a muff and recovery by the kicking team, the receiving team will have the ball no matter what. So if the ball is illegally touched (in the endzone btw) does it become a touchback? Safety? Does the kicking team get a new set of downs? Or do we replay the down after a 5 yarder or something? That whole scenario has me all kinds of confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazedDogs Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 it would have been a safety had Thomas touched the ball first (since he had stepped out of bounds). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted October 25, 2019 Author Share Posted October 25, 2019 So Safety... 2 pts to us and a penalty enforced on the free kick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 I thought it would become a touchback at first but I think CD is right since the Giants never would have had possession. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herc Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 Yeah its the same thing as snapping it straight back through the end zone or the other team recovering in the end zone which is a safety Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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