Drue Chrisman, take a bow!

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(11-21-2022, 03:52 PM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: Makes no sense though; the scenario CJD brought up then, would be MUCH more frequent.

It would be too risky to deliberately muff a punt into the end zone, as that would mean the kicking team could recover for a TD.

The rule may not make much sense, but that would just place it with other rules that don't seem to make much sense. (Why can one recover a kickoff after ten yards, but not if it goes into the end zone, where it becomes an automatic touchback; why can one strip a runner a inch from going into the end zone and the ball goes out the end zone and the defending team gets the ball at the 20?)

One can drive oneself nuts wondering about some of these rules. And this muffed punt one falls into the same category.