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Old Sun Oct 16, 2011, 01:45pm
JRutledge JRutledge is offline
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Originally Posted by PackersFTW View Post
I was watching the Packers/Rams game, and the Packers had 2 guys hold during their return. Well Ed Hoculi said that the penalty will be enforced from the dead ball spot. I thought the penalty is always enforced from where the hold took place? Of course, if the hold takes place 10+ yards in front of the returner, that wouldn't make any sense, because the penalty would actually help them. So how is holding on a return enforced?
Was the dead ball spot behind the spot of the penalty? If that is the case (and I believe that was what happened and I was not paying that close attention), then that is where the ball is enforced. To my knowledge this rule is exactly the same in the NFL as it is at the other levels when it comes to an enforcement on a penalty on a free kick.

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