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Originally Posted by Mark Dexter
Good to know (on both counts) - I'm shocked they got it right.
As a follow-up, the announcers said that there should be another penalty on the D for tackling the QB after the ball was dead. However, I didn't hear a whistle blown. Would you flag this as a DB PF if the whistle wasn't blown?
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Normally no whistle is required for the ball to becom dead. But if the covering official does not even know the ball is dead I am sure not going to flag the defense for not knowing it. Similar to when a punt returner signals for a fair catch but does not get the ball until after it has bounced on the ground. If the crew lets hiom run because they do not realize ball should have been blown dead, no way can we flag the kickers for tacklink th eguy eventually.