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Old Tue Sep 24, 2013, 06:10pm
BktBallRef BktBallRef is offline
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If this was a screen pass and linemen were 5 yards downfield, would you have flagged them for ineligible downfield? I wouldn't have.

I think he catches it behind the 40, which qualifies as in or behind the NZ. The ball has to cross the 40, not his foot.
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