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Originally Posted by MD Longhorn
When I'm U (or R in 3-man), I don't go with the closest official but rather the one toward whom the ball is facing when the player goes down.
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That's the answer to question 1. And the wing opposite the ball should know this and adjust to mirror the covering wing, so that the problem is gone by the time the U spots the ball.
The answer to question 2 is: no NFL wing would ever lose his spot because someone else threw a flag. You ALWAYS need to know the result of the play. That would be quite a rookie error (or, for an NFL official, a career-ending brain fart).