2020_15_KC_NO Plays 2492 and 2538: Safety on Fumbled Punt Does Not Increment fixed_drive Counter

[JoeMarino2021]

Consider this sequence at the end of the first half of the 2020 KC-NO game.

play_id | game_id | yards_gained | fixed_drive | posteam | desc
2492 | 2020_15_KC_NO | 0 | 14 | NO | (:20) 6-T.Morstead punts 51 yards to KC 13, Center-49-Z.Wood. 11-D.Robinson to KC 6 for -7 yards (52-C.Robertson). FUMBLES (52-C.Robertson), touched at KC -7, ball out of bounds in End Zone, SAFETY.
2538 | 2020_15_KC_NO | 0 | 14 | NO | 5-T.Townsend kicks 57 yards from KC 20 to NO 23. 14-T.Lewis pushed ob at KC 43 for 34 yards (13-B.Pringle).

After KC fumbles the ball on the punt out of bounds in the end zone for a safety, KC kicks off to NO, which should start a new possession for NO. Instead, the fixed_drive counter remains at 14 and does not increment to 15.

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