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Originally Posted by PackersFTW
if the receiver catches the ball in the air at the other team's 9 yard line, but lands both feet down on the 10 yard line. is forward progress given at the 9, or is it at the 10? i would think at the 10, because when you catch a ball in the air, it's not a complete catch yet, you have to establish yourself on the ground, right? i saw a call in the eagles game where this happpened. it wasn't important at all, but he caught it about a yard and a half past the 1st down line, but landed right on the 1st down line, and they spotted it where he caught it in the air, not where he landed after the catch.
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CANADIAN RULING:
Forward progress is always where the ball is, no where the feet are. The fundmental concept if forward progress is that you earn (either direction) where you get to on your own accord. If the ball was at the B9 and A1 caught the ball while airborne, and he lands without being touched, with the ball at the B10, then forward progress is the B10. If you're contacted while airborne, you get the spot where the ball was when you were contacted.
I can't imagine that the NFL is different.