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DON NEWCOMER FROM PITTSBURGH, PA: There was a muffed punt that hit a Colts player and was then plucked out of the air by Brandin Echols who then took it into the end zone. Why was this NOT ruled a touchdown?

ANSWER: You correctly described it as a muffed punt, and the rule is that in those situations the ball can be recovered by the kicking team but it cannot be advanced. Brandin Echols recovered the muffed punt, and the Steelers were given the ball at the spot of the recovery. For that to have been a touchdown, the Colts player would have had to possess the ball, make a football move, and then fumbled. Then the recovery could have been advanced.

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