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Cowboyfan1
With the rule change this year that says that a player can not withdraw from the field of play and then return prior to the snap, the play that you described results in a dead ball foul as soon as B11 returns to the field. The use of the term “succeeding spot” is correct as the ball should not have snapped. The ball was not legally snapped therefore you do not have a previous spot. Think of it this way, the succeeding spot is established when the ball is declared dead at the end of a play. It remains the succeeding spot until the ball is legally snapped to start the next play, then it becomes the previous spot. Basically your thinking is correct, the dead ball foul results in a 5 yard penalty giving A the ball 1 and 5 at the A15 yard line. I think this is a semantic thing. If they would have said enforce the penalty from the spot of the snap that probably would have made more sense, but would have been wrong because there should not have been a snap.
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