Forward Progress after COP

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by Suudy

But that's the point. Forward progress hasn't been stopped if A is driving B back into the field of play. Indeed, A is driving B forward.

You've answered your own question.

Or perhaps a similar case. With less than a minute remaining in the game, A is trying to go down in bounds. B lifts/drives A forward and out of bounds.

Ditto.

You seem hung up on the fact that A is trying to go down and B's trying to prevent it. This game is filled with instances of one player or team trying to do something and the other team or player trying to prevent it. You don't give one or the other a break or the benefit of what their intent was - you rule on what happened. There should be no inclination on your part to help out A, who was attempting to do something perhaps not normal, when he was prevented from doing so by B, who was similarly trying to do something otherwise not normal (push a player forward).

Simply rule on what happens. Don't make it difficult.