1. K, 3/9, K-10. K quick-kicks from the K-5. The kick is short and is muffed by a receiver at the K25. The ball rolls to the K-8, where a kicker kicks it off the ground. The ball caroms off a receiver’s leg and goes out of bounds at the K-18.
Answer: R, 1/10, K-18 OR Illegal kicking. K, 3/15, K-4
2. At the ready on a kickoff, the kicking team has 6 players on left side of the kicker and 4 players on the right side of the kicker. After the ready, one player on the right shifts to the kicker’s left and an onside kick is attempted.
Answer: Free kick infraction and Dead ball foul
3. During a legal punt, a kicker commits kick catch interference which causes the potential receiver to muff the kick. A receiver recovers the kick and time for the first quarter expires during the down.
Answer: The period will be extended for an untimed down only if team R chooses to have a yardage penalty enforced or chooses an awarded fair catch at the spot of the kicker’s interference.
4. K, 4/7, K-15. K is in a scrimmage kick formation. Immediately after the snap, the nose guard runs directly into the snapper. The punter runs to the K-18 and punts. A receiver catches the kick at the K-35 and is downed at the K-30.
Answer: Replay the down
5. K, 4/7, K-29. A scrimmage kick is touched by a kicker at the K-40. A receiver picks up the loose ball at the K-45 and returns it to the K-33, where he is downed. During the runback, a receiver blocks a kicker in the back at the K-43. ES is:
Answer: K-43
6. Team K's field goal attempt strikes K36 beyond the neutral zone at the R-13 and rolls into the end zone. R48 picks up the ball, tries to advance it out of the end zone but fumbles. The ball is recovered in the end zone by K75. (select all that apply)
Answer: First touching by K at the R13✓ The ball is dead as soon as it crosses the plane of the goal line✓ Team R's best option is to take the ball at the R-20 (touchback)
In a emergency, such as a pool of water on K's free-kick line, the referee has authority to move the ball to a playable line, in which case, both free-kick lines are moved to compensate. Does this mean in the direction of K's and R's goal line?
Thankfully I have never had to worry about this. I would use common sense.
Context (part of rule or case): A free kick shall be made from any point between the hash marks and on K's free-kick line.
I want to make sure that I understand this; in the 6-1-3/6-1-4 MechanicGrams A and B, K4 shifts from the right side of the line to the left. That is an encroachment penalty?
Oh, I see, the penalty is because K4 went around behind K1 in order to get to the other side of the line. Is he ok if he crossed in front of K1 and stayed within 5 yards?
I do understand if any K player touches a free kick before it crosses R's free kick line the covering official needs to bean bag the spot of first touching by K. What if the ball becomes loose by K and goes out of bounds. Should the covering official throw another bean bag or a flag for kick out of bounds?
Only bean bag the touching. The kick going out of bounds not touched by R is a foul. Throw your flag.
Context (part of rule or case): Rule 6-1-7 First touching by K during a free- kick before crossing R's free-kick line
Is there a point from K's free kick line (after penalty enforcement) that the "25 yards from the previous spot" can no longer be applied? e.g., K free kicks from R's 40 yard line and kicks the ball out of bounds.
Case book play 6.1.9 H, describes a situation where the "25 yards from the previous spot" is not offered as an option.
Context (part of rule or case): 6-1-9(c): Put the ball in play at the inbounds spot 25 yards beyond the previous spot.
I understand if the kicker purposely executes a pop-up kick and drives the ball into the ground on a free kick. What if the kicker does not drive the ball into the ground but attempts an onside kick and the ball takes a gnarly bounce high into the air before it has been touched. Is there a point (or height of the ball) that this is a safety concern?
This is a legal play. Remember you can still have a personal foul on this. If you feel that the only action was to blow up the receiver.
Context (part of rule or case): 6-1-9(c): A pop up kick is illegal. A pop-up kick is a free kick in which the kicker drives the ball immediately into the ground, the ball strikes the ground once and goes into the air in the manner of a ball kicked directly off the tee.
I understand that spot of recovery is the only thing that matters as far as K advancing the ball but it is still important to know if the kick went beyond the LOS and was muffed by R to bring the ball back to determine if K gets the ball and a new series after the play, correct?
That is correct. The crew should relay any action to the Referee. As a crew chief I get a little curious on how K got possession of the kick.
Context (part of rule or case): 6-1-9(c): Situation A, Comment: only thing that matters is spot of recovery.
The kicking team can rekick or pass the ball.
Context (part of rule or case): Any K player may catch or recover a scrimmage kick while it is in or behind the neutral zone and advance expect for a try.
I found this to be an interesting case as if I saw it, I would have thought it to be Illegal Batting. 6.3.1 SITUATION B: During a field-goal attempt, R1, who is in the end zone, leaps up and blocks the ball away from the crossbar. RULING: Touchback. The touching by R1 in the end zone causes the ball to become dead, unless the ball caroms through the goal, thus scoring a field goal. This is not illegal batting, as the touching caused the kick to fail. (4-2-2d-2; 6-3-1b).
It would be no different then a defender batting a pass from a receiver attempting to catch it. All the receiver is trying to do is prevent the kick from scoring.
Ruling: The contact on R1 by K2 is legal because K may retain possession following the muff by R1. (6-5-6) K shall not : a. Touch the ball or R, or to ward off a blocker; or b. Obstruct R's path to the ball. It does not apply after a free kick has been touched by receiver. Question when it comes to a muff, loose ball , bat ball during a free kick or scrimmage kick K and R both can push to attempt to reach the ball?
Yes they can in a attempt to recover the loose ball.
Context (part of rule or case): 6.5.2 SITUATION A: During a scrimmage kick beyond the expanded neutral zone,
R1 gives a fair-catch signal. He muffs the kick into the air, where (b) K2 pushes R1 in an attempt to reach the ball.
Be aware of this on free kicks. We are finding more middle receivers call for a fair catch when the kick goes deep.
Context (part of rule or case): Only the receiver who gives a valid signal is afforded protection. If, after a receiver signals, the catch is made by a teammate, it is not a fair catch but the ball becomes dead.
