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Originally Posted by JRutledge
"Punching back" is not what you are "supposed to do." There are people that might feel that is the way to go, but there are others that feel like that is not the way to go. In this specific play I see no need to "punch back" at all as the calling official should make a decision on the spot. If the ball hits the ground and it is forward blow it dead like you normally would. If the ball is backwards, then keep the play going.
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But now that all codes limit the play to one forward pass per down, if the pass was caught it might matter whether it was forward, so why not inform other officials of what you saw? And inform the players, too, who could change their actions depending on whether there's a forward pass in the bank.