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Originally Posted by BktBallRef
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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He doesn't catch the ball behind the forty. He touches it, bobbles it and catches the ball, controls it at the 41.