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In your quest for wisdom and enlightenment (which I do applaud you for), there is something you must keep in mind when studying the rule book:
There are rules, and then you have the application and interpretation of said rules.
You will N O T find all the answer to what should be called and not called in the rule book. When you start out as an official, this is one of the hardest things to get a grasp of. What do you call, and what is not worth calling? The NFL wants those rules to be interpreted and applied a certain way, and this is communicated to the officials at clinics, meetings, bulletins, through video tape and through the grading process. As a fan, you are not privy to these things.
Officials outside the NFL don't get this info either (at least it's very limited), but we have an understanding of how these things work and we understand that the rules as written and the rules in practice are two very different things.
Good luck with your studying. And when you do ask a question, please be prepared for getting an aswer that is not what you thought/hoped. Too often people ask questions, just so they can claim that they are trying to learn, but they are not interestid in learning from the answers they get.
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