[BaghdadBarney]

"Secondly: Okay, he spikes it. Illegal forward pass. 5 yards and loss of down. Because he does it so quickly, there's time left on the clock. They get another shot. That's preferable to what did happened."

They get another shot to botch the snap? Have Matt Bryant kick another wounded duck from Fillmore Street?

[Doc Savage]

Barney, I may be wrong about this but I don't believe a "snap" MUST occur through the legs in the so-called "standard-down" position. If this guy was so bad I would have had a good ball handler stand sideways and one hand a second attempt. I recall this being done in the 30's and forties, but of course no one does it that way today because of the nose tackle. Of course, it might be illegal now. They've changed the rules so much it's hard to recognize the game any more. Quarterbacks in my day FEARED intentional grounding. Now its become a laugher!