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Originally Posted by BaseballMan
How can you say there is or is no pressure? The play is over in a second.
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The fact that the play is over in less than a second means there can't be any pressure on the passer, so there can't be intentional grounding. The rule isn't some prediction into the future, it's what is happening when the ball is thrown.
As for why they don't spike it on 2nd and 5 normally, I'm guessing they'd rather get the right play in twice, to try and get the yards, than one, because that's sort of more likely to succeed in a first down.