I get the rule somewhat, but yeah, i agree it's a bad rule, it should be like as if they went for it on 4th down, YOU GOT TO CROSS THE FIRST DOWN NO MATTER WHAT, otherwise this rule benefits the team who punted it, and they shouldn't benefit from a blocked punt

It's such a bad rule that almost at this point don't want to block punts anymore, just try and get the punt and hope to return it