Safety or not

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by kd0254

Does the ball get moved forward artificially if we still have A's ball so that no part of it breaks the plane of the goal line when it is snapped for the next play?

Unofficially that's common practice. Officially, no, which leaves the question of what to do if it's spotted overhanging the goal line for 4th down and an incomplete pass is then thrown. In TV games I saw (years ago) at least once a ball made ready for play overhanging like that as a result of rotating it after it was barely carried out of the end zone sideways.