NFL Rules question

[edjr 6,983]

Saw a play in the Chefs game last night.

DB for the Texans punched the ball out of Thornton's hands on a bomb into the endzone.

What if a defender tries to punch the ball and misses and hits the dude in the chin, or the helmet?

[Ron_Artest 2,372]

8 minutes ago, edjr said:

What if a defender tries to punch the ball and misses and hits the dude in the chin, or the helmet?

It's a penalty, 15 yard unsportsmanlike.  Need me to go into further detail what 15 yards means?

[lickin_starfish 2,022]

10 minutes ago, edjr said:

Saw a play in the Chefs game last night.

DB for the Texans punched the ball out of Thornton's hands on a bomb into the endzone.

What if a defender tries to punch the ball and misses and hits the dude in the chin, or the helmet?

The receiver gets a reciprocal punch to the defender, with no time run off the clock.

[MDC 8,005]

26 minutes ago, lickin_starfish said:

The receiver gets a reciprocal punch to the defender, with no time run off the clock.

And the option to do it later at the defender’s house, right in front of his wife and kids.

[jerryskids 7,162]

2 minutes ago, MDC said:

And the option to do it later at the defender’s house, right in front of his wife and kids.

I like it, a house/wife/kids deferral.   

[edjr 6,983]

1 hour ago, MDC said:

And the option to do it later at the defender’s house, right in front of his wife and kids.

Sadly due to the influx of losers, not a lot of people here have a wife and kid  

[MDC 8,005]

3 minutes ago, edjr said:

Sadly due to the influx of losers, not a lot of people here have a wife and kid  

Or a house, in Peefoam’s case.  

[seafoam1 3,478]

18 minutes ago, MDC said:

Or a house, in Peefoam’s case.  

Poor old broke mdpee.