Gustoon wrote:
Is it the spot of the foul? I always thought it was from the LOS??? If that play had gone for say 20 yards and the foul occurred then the 10 yrd pen wouldn't make any difference.
If the play went for 20 (or 50), but the penalty was 10 yards downfield, it would have been marked off from the spot of the foul (10 yards downfield). It doesn't matter how long the play
would have gone for. The penalty is always marked off from the spot of the foul, unless it was behind the line of scrimmage. In that case, it is marked off from the line of scrimmage.
You see similar things all the time on kick/punt returns in the NFL.