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Originally posted by Forksref
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Originally posted by grantsrc
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Originally posted by Bob M.
REPLY: All other action prior to the "loose ball" (pass, fumble, or legal or illegal kick) like the QB dropping back, or holding, or face masks or whatever, would still be treated as a loose ball play since loose ball followed. Thus the enforcement spot would be the previous spot.
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Fumbles are not loose ball plays, they are loose balls. (10-3-1)
Loose ball plays are the action DURING a legal kick or pass, not a fumble. (10-3-1)
Thus, fouls during the fumble are enforced from the end of the run (where the ball came loose).
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Depends on where the fumble occurs... and who fumbled.
A loose-ball play is action during:
10-3-1c A backward pass (including the snap), illegal kick or fumble made by A in or behind the neutral zone prior to a change of team possession.
So if A10 takes the snap and retreats 5 yards where he fumbles, and A67 holds at the line of scrimmage before the fumble, then A12 recovers 8 yards behind the line of scrimmage... the basic spot is the previous spot.