That $hit has happened to me more than once! lol, absolutely correct, sir. Ball should be spotted on the 3, forward progress. Madden has always had some ball spotting issues. I've seen it go both ways, though. Overall, I'd like to see that "stumbling" animation OUT of the game. That type of thing does happen, people stumble, but this particular animation almost always feels entirely unrealistic in madden, and oftentimes doesn't work with the momentum and physics of the play and ultimately results in 3-5 of extra yardage gained or lost that shouldn't have happened. And, here is the perfect example of an awkward stumble backwards, and the madden logic doesn't interpret forward progress properly. So, strangely, it actually has some bit of effect on yardage in the game, imo.