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I heard this on the radio and it sounded like Triplette and his crew made a mess of it.
In NFHS, a pass after team possession has changed during the down is an illegal forward pass. 7-5-5 says "A forward pass, legal or illegal, is incomplete and the ball becomes dead when the pass touches the ground or goes out of bounds.
And my NFL rulebook says: 8-1-5 "Any forward pass (legal or illegal) becomes incomplete and the ball is dead immediately if the pass strikes the ground or goes out of bounds."
The whole "who becomes offense after a turnover" and whatnot is a semantic discussion that doesn't really matter, though you could tell Triplette was a bit confused about how to word his explanation.
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