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Message: [QUOTE="orangeinohio, post: 4547827, member: 824"] From the NFL rulebook: [B]SECTION 13 - FORWARD PROGRESS ARTICLE 1. FORWARD PROGRESS[/B] The Forward Progress of a runner or airborne receiver is the point at which his advance toward his opponent’s goal ends and is the spot at which the ball is declared dead by rule, irrespective of the runner or receiver being pushed or carried backward by an opponent. I guess if they're pushed back, the spot is determined by the forward progress of the ball. If the receiver runs backward on his own, it's different. [/QUOTE]