More food for thought (nothing new, really, just good reminders):
Common 'setup' for all plays:
4/10, 50, 5:00 (4), A=10, B=14.
A11 receives the snap approximately 12 yards behind the NZ, and legally punts the ball.
A) The kicked ball is blocked by B99, and the ball falls to the ground at the A-45, nearly directly behind the spot where the ball was snapped. A11 recovers the ball (while on his feet) at the A-45, within a yard laterally of where it landed, and looks for an open receiver. End A88 is near the sideline at the B-40 when A11 throws the ball from the A-45 directly toward A88, but to the ground in the field of play at the B-43. No ineligible players of Team A were ever more than three yards beyond the NZ prior to the pass.
Ruling:
B) The kicked ball is blocked by B99, and the ball falls to the ground at the A-45, and bounds to a point eight yards laterally from the spot where the ball was snapped (still at the A-45). A11 recovers the ball there (while on his feet), and looks for an open receiver. Unable to find an open receiver, from the A-45, A11 throws the ball to the ground at the B-48, near the bottom of the numbers. No eligible players of Team A were within 10 yards of the spot where the ball landed. No ineligible players of Team A were ever more than three yards beyond the NZ prior to the pass.
Ruling:
C) The kicked ball is blocked by B99, and the ball falls to the ground at the A-45, nearly directly behind the spot where the ball was snapped. A77 recovers the ball (while on his feet) at the A-45, within a yard laterally of where it landed, and looks for an open receiver. End A88 is near the sideline at the B-40 when A77 throws the ball from the A-45 directly toward A88, but to the ground in the field of play at the B-43. No ineligible players of Team A were ever more than three yards beyond the NZ prior to the pass.
Ruling:
D) The kicked ball is blocked by B99, and the ball falls to the ground at the A-45, and bounds to a point eight yards laterally from the spot where the ball was snapped (still at the A-45). A77 recovers the ball there (while on his feet), and looks for an open receiver. Unable to find an open receiver, from the A-45, A11 throws the ball to the ground at the B-48, near the bottom of the numbers. No eligible players of Team A were within 10 yards of the spot where the ball landed. No ineligible players of Team A were ever more than three yards beyond the NZ prior to the pass.
Ruling:
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I'll keep my fingers crossed that I didn't mess up any of this.
Robert