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I never thought about it for one moment until my umpire questioned it. That's why he is my umpire, to keep me honest.
Two different penalties that conflict. The ineligibles were illegally downfield if the pass had been legal. Penalized from the previous spot.
The intentional grounding made what would have been a clear cut ineligible downfield into a "fuzzy" situation. (QB should have know better than to generate a test question.)
When you have multiple fouls the offended teanm can only take one. My style is to "tell" the captain what he is going to choose when the situation is so easy and praise him for his wisdom in making such a good choice.
This time it was take the intentional grounding, five yards from the spot of the foul and loss of down, which would cancel the ineligible downfield.
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