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Originally Posted by Snaqwells
I was responding to ODJ's assertion that the ball is dead once the ball passed the goal line.
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Gotcha.... you already understand the rule and know that ODJ's assertion is incorrect -- 4-2-2d2
As Walt correctly points out, this play is silly. That being said, if somehow this could all take place in a very short window, nobody with a lick of sense would consider throwing a flag for holding in the EZ on this play. Flagging this for a dead ball foul would be even worse.
The hold while the kick is in the air has absolutely no impact on what happens with this play. The field goal will either be good, or no good and the ball will become dead when the kick ends.
This uses the same rationale that we use to ignore a hold immediately after the snap by a defender on the near sideline when the play goes immediately to the far sideline.