Drue Chrisman, take a bow!

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(11-21-2022, 04:59 PM)RiverRat13 Wrote: It makes sense when you look at the definition of a safety:

"SECTION 29 SAFETY It is a Safety if the spot of enforcement for a foul by the offense is behind its own goal line, or if the ball is dead in possession of a team on or behind its own goal line when the impetus (3-17) comes from the team defending that goal line."

The ball is live when touched by the receiving team but no possession has been established by the receiver.  It's not a fumble ("The use of the term Fumble always means that the ball was in possession of a player when the act occurred (8-7-3)").  A live ball recovered in your own endzone becomes a touchback.  A live ball recovered by the opponent in your endzone is a touchdown for the opponent.

https://operations.nfl.com/media/5kvgzyss/2022-nfl-rulebook-final.pdf

I meant it makes no sense to NOT deliberately make it a TB. If it can be caught on the fly, surely one can be taught to hit it backwards (over the head or whatever), on the fly.

Of course, it would only be safe to do so if there are no defenders around and it would be a situational case, but I'd definitely teach and practice with my returners to do that.