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North of the border:

1. A pass is considered offside (that is forward) if the point of termination (where it is touched by a player of the ground) is further ahead than the point of origin (where it left the player throwing it). So if the ball was blown forward by the wind it would be an offside pass.

2. An "illegal forward pass" is one that was intended to be thrown from behind the line of scrimmage and the penalty for doing so is L10 from PLS.

3. An illegal forward pass that falls incomplete is a dead ball.

4. An offside pass that is not an illegal forward pass is NOT blown dead and the penalty for this is the point of origin of offside pass (which we avoid shortening to POOP) and downs continue. (Note also that an offside pass penalty is not a foul per se and so if this occurred on the last play of the game there would not be another play.)

So in the case cited, because the partner RB was behind the point of origin of the pass, the pass would not be an offside pass and so no penalty would be involved as in the U.S. rules.