Play of the week

[Bob M.]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

In NCAA rules, the ball would be dead before the QB could fake to the FB. (Or does the captain have to make the declaration of "taking a knee"?)

Maybe someone can tell us if Fed has "take a knee" in its rule book yet.

Robert

REPLY: Declaration has nothing at all to do with it. In NCAA rules, telling the R that he's taking a knee doesn't obligate the QB to do so, and the only way the ball becomes dead is if he (a) does take a knee, or (b) simulates placing a knee on the ground. So in the play posted by secondregionbug, the ball would not be dead before the fake to the FB--unless the QB faked placing his knee to the ground. (Need a better reason to not go announcing that he's taking a knee?)

And in Fed, there is no "taking a knee" rule. Unless the guy touches knee to turf, the ball remains alive.