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I'm almost certain there was no intent, just bad defensive technique inside the 18 to step to a ball with your arms extended.



Yep, most likely innocent,thus the "conceivably"...there may have been no intent to play the ball, but the arms were in a wider-than-"natural" position, so the official could interpret that as a choice that led to the ball hitting the hand/arm.

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