Is it a safety if B declines penalty?

[waltjp]

Originally Posted by mcrowder

An imposter?!??!!

Take it as a sign of flattery!

[Bob M.]

REPLY: waltjp..thenaks for straightening me out...or is it waltpj??

[waltjp]

I've been called worse, Bob.

[sloth]

Stu-

I think the rule book ref. you want is 7-5-3..."if the penalty for an illegal forward pass is accepted, measurement is from the spot of such forward pass. If the offended team declines the distance penalty, it has the choice of having the down counted at the spot of the illegal incomplete forward pass or (if the illegal forward pass is caught or intercepted) of having the ball in play as determined by the action which follwed the catch."

7-5-2 c&d define intentional grounding as an illegal forward pass.