on a question for NF 7-5-12- Is A1 illegally downfield?
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Ineligible A players may not advance beyond the expanded neutral zone on a legal forward pass play before a legal forward pass that crosses the neutral zone is in flight.
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If they have crossed the ENZ before the pass is thrown then yes, one or both of them are downfield illegally.
Wedges and apexes aside, where you are looking for the loophole:
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An ineligible is not illegally downfield if, at the snap, he immediately contacts a B lineman and the contact does not continue beyond the expanded neutral zone.
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isn't one because A contacted another A player, not a B player, and the contact must still not go beyond the ENZ.
Has A1 crossed the ENZ (2 yds.) prior to the pass in your scenarios? If the answer is yes, then he is IDF.