1. A1 snaps the ball to quarterback A2. The ball touches A2’s hands, but A1 simply holds the ball as A2 fakes having the ball. A3 cuts in, grabs the ball from A1 and advances.
What’s the ruling?
2. Team A’s ball, first and 10 on team B’s 30 yard
line. A1 is at team B’s 28-yardline when he throws a forward pass.
A2 is at team B’s 10-yardline when B3 hooks and pulls down A2’s arm while the
ball is in the air, preventing him from attempting to catch the pass.
What’s the ruling?
a) The illegal forward pass penalty is only
enforced. 5-yard penalty from the spot of the foul and loss of down.
b) The two live ball fouls offset and the down is
replayed from the previous spot.
c) The pass interference penalty is only enforced.
10-yard penalty from the previous spot and an automatic first down is awarded
to team A.
3. True or false? Inside the last two minutes of
either half, if a muffed snap touches the ground prior to the QB gaining
possession, the clock should not be stopped.
Answers:
1.
That is an illegal snap. One of the requirements of a legal snap is that
it leaves the snapper’s hand. The officials should blow the play dead
when it is obvious that A1 still has the ball. The penalty is five yards
(2.11.1., 7.2.5.).
2.
Pass interference is only possible on a legal forward pass. Thus the only
foul on the play is A1’s illegal forward pass. The penalty if 5-yards
from the spot of the foul and a loss of down (7.5.7.).
3.
TRUE. Even though the play is treated like an incomplete pass with the
ball going back to the previous spot, the play is actually a fumble, and
therefore the clock continues to run (4.2.1.e.).
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