Flip wrote:The holder caught the ball with both knees off the ground. When he went to place the ball he went to a knee. If I understand the rules correctly he should be ruled down when he goes to a knee and the PAT should be over.
ART. 2 . . . The ball becomes dead and the down is ended:
a. When a runner goes out of bounds, is held so his forward progress
is stopped or allows any part of his person other than hand or foot to
touch the ground.
EXCEPTIONS:
1. The ball remains live if, at the snap, a place-kick holder with his
knee(s) on the ground and with a teammate in kicking position
catches or recovers the snap while his knee(s) is on the ground and
places the ball for a kick, or if he rises to advance, hand, kick or
pass; or
2. The ball remains live if, at the snap, a place-kick holder with his
knee(s) on the ground and with a teammate in kicking position rises
and catches or recovers an errant snap and immediately returns his
knee(s) to the ground and places the ball for a kick or again rises to
advance, hand, kick or pass.NOTE: The ball becomes dead
if the place-kick holder muffs the snap or
fumbles and recovers after his knees have been off the ground, and he
then touches the ground with other than hand or foot while in possession
of the ball.
Therefore, errant snaps the holder is allowed to come up and go back down; dropped snap by the holder and then it becomes a dead-ball.