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Question

When the QB spikes the ball late in the game or “clocks it” to stop the clock (usually without timeouts remaining or after a converted first down) how is that not a penalty for intentional grounding?

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Answer 1

Spiking the ball immediately after the snap is explicitly excluded from the definition of intentional grounding: https://operations.nfl.com/the-rules/nfl-video-rulebook/intentional-grounding/