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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PFanCan" data-source="post: 581282" data-attributes="member: 1989">In another rules question, did you see the 4th quarter of the Lions-Cards game?The Cards punt and their gunner grabs the ball at the 1 yard line, but is falling into the end zone.  He attempts to toss the ball to his teammate, but it misses and ends up in Detroit's Jeremy Ross' hands, who then runs it 40+ yards to nearly mid-field before being tackled.However, the refs confer and place the ball back at the one yard line.  Apparently, all the defender needs to do is "control the ball" at which point the play is dead.  Even if his momentum takes him into the end zone, if the kicking team player has control of the ball prior, it is not a touch back.I did not know that.</blockquote>

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