Drue Chrisman, take a bow!

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(11-21-2022, 12:57 PM)Nepa Wrote: The announcers seemed to imply a safety if the returner didn't get out of the end zone, but wouldn't it really have been a touchback and ball out to the 20? The receiver never got possession, if I recall, until he was in the end zone. My  understanding is that if the returner doesn't have possession and it bounces into the end zone that it comes out to the 20. My thought at the time was that the returner made a mistake bringing it out. (Almost as bad as the KC kick returner that "saved" the kickoff from going out of bounds at the 5.)

A muff counts as a fumble on punts (hence why there's always a mad dash after a punt to recover the ball) and blocked kicks that pass the LOS (hence why Miami recovered it in the Leon Lett fumble. That play has come up 3 times in the last week lol).

Would've 100% been a safety.

I was thinking this morning; if Chrisman punts like this forever, we have our punter for the next 10+ years: you could see on TV that his hangtime was superb.