PSK and IW Questions

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Originally posted by mikesears
Are all of these a simple replay of the down because the IW occured during a loose ball?
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Not exactly.
Quick review of an IW for NF.
An IW will kill the play, the ball is now dead. It technically stops the clock too.
If the ball is in player possession, the choice is for that team to take the ball where the IW occurred or replay the down.
If the ball is loose such as during a legal kick or legal pass, there is no option.. the down is replayed.

HOWEVER, (and I remember these words from another source) "the best thing that can happen to an official during an play in which there is an IW is for a foul to have occurred". The reason is this, if the penalty is accepted, the IW is ignored.

Play 1: The kick is blown dead before R is in possession. But there is a foul. Not a PSK foul since R is not in possession when the down ended.
So, K either replays the down at the previous spot or accepts the foul against R enforced from the previous spot. Probable choice is accept the 5 yard penalty and rekick.

Play 2: The Kick has ended, we are now in a running play with R in possession. If K declines the foul, R keeps the ball where R1 was when the IW was blown.
If K accepts the foul on R2, the foul is enforced using the all-but-1 which would either be from the spot where R1 was when the IW occurred or the R-45 which is the spot of the foul.
While this may look like PSK, as I read your play, the foul occurred during the run after the kick ended.

Play 3: K can decline the foul and replay the down. But that is not the smart move since by accepting the penalty on R, they would have a first down.

Play 4: No option, the down is replayed.

You can see that my results for play 1 and play 2 differ quite a bit from "nvfoa15"