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Old Tue Jun 01, 2004, 12:19pm
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REPLY: Another consideration is that the neutral zone is expanded only for offensive players who at the snap immediately contact a B lineman and the contact does not continue beyond the expanded neutral zone. This provides an exception (a "dirty" word in Fed rules) to the rules restricting ineligibles from proceeding beyond the neutral zone on a legal forward pass play before the last pass which crosses the neutral zone. So, it is possible the guard will have the neutral zone expanded, but the tackle next to him may not. PLAY: During a play in which a legal forward pass crosses the neutral zone, guard A67 fires out and contacts defensive tackle B74. He drives him 1.5 yards off the defensive line of scrimmage. Offensive tackle A77 has no defender in front of him, but drifts 1 yard downfield. RULING: A67 is legally downfield (i.e. his neutral zone is expanded); A77 is illegally downfield (i.e. his neutral zone does not expand).
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