Forward progress questions

[JasonTX]

Originally Posted by tmagan

During the Thursday night game at the end, when the safety was ruled, and then Harbaugh wanted the measurement to see if the spot was short of the line to gain, what would happen if the spotting official, seeing Walt Anderson call the safety, picked up the ball, thinking the safety would never be declined.

In this situation Walt Anderson does not signal safety because that isn't the result of the play, only a foul that happened in the end zone. Pretty simple here. The official gives a tweet, tweet on his whistle so the others know he has a foul. The dead ball spot is being held while all the options are being given to the offended team. Never should a safety signal be given if that isn't the result of the play. The safety signal would only be given if the offended team accepts the penalty.