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Originally Posted by gtwbam
Under NFHS:
The expanded neutral zone may be expanded following the snap to a maximum of two yards beyond the defensive line of scrimmage in the field of play.
This applies on scrimmage kicks and forward passes, but has no relevance on running plays.
And as mentioned above the neutral zone is never expanded into the End Zone.
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What difference would that last bit make in Fed anyway, as long as they keep it that the kick is dead on entering the end zone?
AFAIK, only in Canadian football is there a technical understanding to "blocked" as applied to a kick, as opposed to merely being touched. In USAn ball, it doesn't matter how or with what effect either team touches a scrimmage kick. A kick could be stuffed, deflected, or whatever, and it'd be the same as if it'd been rolling on the ground and touched.
There
was an implicit understanding of "blocked" as applied to
return kicks, but now that all the major USAn codes have outlawed the return kick and even kicks from scrimmage plays where the ball is beyond the neutral zone, that doesn't matter any more.
In rugby there's also a need to distinguish a kick as having been "charged down" as opposed to merely touched.
Robert