For Linesmen only, and those who want to be like us.....

[Jim D]

Also unless there is a yard or less to work with - in other words, the ball is at the 39 1/2 (and let's not go into the spotting-it-at-a-yard-line arguement here), it's better to go out to the 45 for the clip than try and squeeze it in at the 40.