[lepton]

Which makes who possesses a blocked punt somewhat confusing, thus they have to go with a different aspect of possession, that aspect being the attempt to move the ball forward, ie impetus. The punting team was the last team to attempt to move the ball forward, same thing holds with this fumble that bounced back, you can't be considered to be attempting to move the ball forward if you don't have possession

A game the last week of the season (Patriots/Titans?) game had an interesting version that truly was a bit confusing. A punt was blocked, but dribbled/bounced forward, where just after it crossed the line of scrimage, a defender tried to stop the balls path and batted the ball down towards the ground with his momentum carrying him away from the ball. Kicking team grabbed the ball and it was theirs. Had the defender slapped the ball before it had crossed the line of scrimmage, it would not have been recoverable by the kicking team, only downable.

[discostu]

First Chiefs-Chargers game of the year had that, punt got blocked but the blocker didn't make it past the line of scrimage. The line of scrimage is when a punt stops belonging to the kicking team, so technically it wasn't a block but a failed catch, kicking team recovered, so they got the ball back with a fresh set of downs. The possession question can often be very confusing.