Weekly Question

[Warrenkicker]

Well it seems that we are starting with an illegal snap if the ball didn't hit the ground. If that is the case then the play should be blown dead at that point.

2-38-2 The snap begins when the snapper first moves the ball legally other than in adjustment. In a snap, the movement must be a quick and continuous backward motion of the ball during which the ball immediately leaves the hand(s) of the snapper and touches a back or the ground before it touches an A lineman.

If it was a legal snap then we look at the batting. This seems illegal under

9-7-2 No player shall bat a loose ball other than a pass or a fumble in flight, or a low scrimmage kick in flight which he is attempting to block in or behind the expanded neutral zone.

So then B commits a face mask and then there is a dead-ball foul on B. So there are offsetting fouls, IB and PF FM, on the play. Mark off the DB PF on B and it will be A's ball 1-10 on A 45.

If this play is allowed to proceed after the illegal snap then you have just the illegal snap and then a couple of DB PF.