LOD on 4th down

[ajmc]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

I'm interested in the clock status. If team A winds up with first down, and a stopped clock (with a lot of time taken for administration before the RFP, even w/o the possibly tricky measurement) for the incompletion, it seems they've gained a good deal for their illegal forward pass. Consider that the passer was well beyond the neutral zone when he let fly; seems like a deliberate attempt to conserve time. Would you invoke 3-4-6 and start the clock on the RFP? Seems the least you could do in the situation.

The IFP is considered a running play, and should the enforcement result in A being granted a 1st down, the game clock would start on the RFP