Can you onside kick after a safety or does the receiving team have to touch the ball first?

Anonymous2013-09-17T16:43:23Z

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Yes. It's happened several times but I believe this was the last.

"Still, Cleveland was in it to the end, even after giving up a safety with :08 left. The Browns recovered an onside kick and threw deep on the final play. It fell incomplete"

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gametracker/recap/NFL_20040919_CLE@DAL

Edit: So actually occurring in a game isn't enough proof for the two idiots who gave me a thumbs down? How about showing some proof to the contrary? Like a rule or something. I can't prove the rule's not in there (that would be proving a negative). It's happened several times in the nfl. That should be enough proof.

Edit (II); Here's the rulebook. Show me where I'm wrong.
http://static.nfl.com/static/content/public/image/rulebook/pdfs/9_2012_Free_Kicks.pdf

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nas88car3002013-09-17T23:33:40Z

No because the team was tackled or ran out of their endzone has to kick to the other team
it is a free kick from the 20 .. like a punt

The team that scores the points also gets the ball

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Anonymous2013-09-18T00:16:43Z

Nope. The team that gave up the safety has to free kick or punt from their 20.

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