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Originally Posted by PaulJak
Since A was in team possession at the time of the IW they would get to choose. Since the ball was loose at the time they can take the ball at the end of the last run (and the last run was the quarterback dropping back to throw) or they can replay the down. In this case they'd choose to replay the down and B can't retain possesion.
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Actually where the passer was when the ball was thrown makes no difference. We have an IW while a legal forward pass is in flight. There are no options, period..the down has to be replayed and the clock starts on the RFP.