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Originally posted by andy1033
illegal touching has nothing to do with ineligbles down field. It only applies to an ineligible who started the down who tries to touch or catch a forward pass in or behind the line of scrimmage
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REPLY: I said nothing about ineligibles
downfield. My comment was about the whole concept of eligibility. Think of it this way...eligibility applies to illegal forward passes in exactly the same way as it applies to backward passes. That is, it doesn't apply at all! Yes, you do need to consider eligibility to determine if a forward pass might be illegal in the first place, but once having determined that the pass is illegal, the concept of 'eligibility' is moot when you're talking about a player muffing, batting, or touching the illegal forward pass.