JediMind

Not sure about that, if he throws a pass and it hits the center before its the ground, it should be ineligible touch. I could be wrong though.

JR4

Brady did it once and it was still considered a spiked ball.

JediMind

Ok, did the ref not see it or did he state "since the QB was in the act of spiking the ball, its not considered an ineligible touch"?

JR4

Here is explanation (2004) from former NFL ref Jerry Markbreit

"Under a new interpretation regarding legally spiking the ball to stop the clock, the illegal touching rule is waived if the ball hits a lineman's leg on the way to the ground. Under the old rule, this would have been illegal touching of a forward pass, resulting in a five-yard penalty from the previous line of scrimmage and no 10-second runoff would have been assessed. The clock would have started on the snap, as it did in your play."

patological

NFL Rules Book

Rule 8 Section 3 Article 1

Section 3 Fouls on Passing and Enforcement

Article 1 Intentional grounding will be called when a passer, facing an imminent loss of yardage because of pressure from the defense, throws a forward pass without a chance of completion.

Exception

Note 3: A player under center is permitted to stop the game clock legally to save time if immediately upon receiving the snap he begins a continuous throwing motion and throws the ball directly forward toward the ground.

Pujo

And note the "under center" part, that's what keeps a holder from spiking the ball on a bad snap during a FG attempt.

kurtinelson

Spiking is a "pass" play that stops the clock. Kneeling is a "run" play and the clock would continue to run.

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spacecrime

Are you sure about this?

Intentional grounding is throwing the ball away to avoid a sack. Spiking is not throwing the ball away to avoid a sack and therefore not intentional grounding.

The only special rule I know of is the one that allows intentional grounding outside the tackle box.

There is no big deal aobut spiking and allowing it is not ridiculous. The NFL couldn't stop it. All the QB has to do is take the snap and fling the ball out of bounds along the LOS. Ball will travel over the heads of a TE and WR and be legal.