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Mosby

(17,749 posts) Mon Jan 6, 2025, 12:06 PM Monday

Is this a forward pass?

The refs thought so. Even though Nix threw the pass behind him, it carried the momentum of his forward motion. Look at where he was when he made the pass compared to where the ball was caught.

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Is this a forward pass? (Original Post) Mosby Monday OP

The ball went forward. He released it on the 32; it was caught on the 30. rsdsharp Monday #1

No forward pass beyond the line of scrimmage odins folly Monday #2

I looked at it closely several times by stopping and starting the video over... brush Monday #3

I Stopped The Video... ProfessorGAC Monday #5

It's close. The refs should've allowed it as there's no clearly defined evidence... brush Monday #6

I Buy That ProfessorGAC Monday #7

The rule is about the ball relative to the field, not relative to the players, so that RockRaven Monday #4

I don't think so. Look at it closely. In my eyes it was close, but backwards. brush Monday #8

rsdsharp

(10,350 posts)

1. The ball went forward. He released it on the 32; it was caught on the 30.

Reply to Mosby (Original post)

Mon Jan 6, 2025, 12:19 PM

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That’s a forward pass.

odins folly

(289 posts)

2. No forward pass beyond the line of scrimmage

Reply to Mosby (Original post)

Mon Jan 6, 2025, 12:36 PM

Monday

It was a lateral

brush

(58,283 posts)

3. I looked at it closely several times by stopping and starting the video over...

Reply to Mosby (Original post)

Mon Jan 6, 2025, 12:42 PM

Monday

and over again. IMO it was a lateral. It was close but the first Bronco player threw the ball backward. The second Bronco player who caught it was just a shade behind...about a yard...but he was behind.

It happen so fast so I can see why some think it was a forward pass. It wasn't.

ProfessorGAC

(70,942 posts)

5. I Stopped The Video...

Reply to brush (Reply #3)

Mon Jan 6, 2025, 01:58 PM

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...& moved frame by frame with the scroll bar.
It looks to me that the receiver caught the ball ahead of where Nix threw it, but by a half-yard at most.
I tried doing it like you did but I saw a different result every time. Yeah, forward. No, lateral. Yeah, forward. And so on.
So I tried stop action.

brush

(58,283 posts)

6. It's close. The refs should've allowed it as there's no clearly defined evidence...

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #5)

Mon Jan 6, 2025, 02:10 PM

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that it was not a lateral. They make similar decisions in every game.

ProfessorGAC

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7. I Buy That

Reply to brush (Reply #6)

Mon Jan 6, 2025, 03:14 PM

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I guess the problem is they called it on the field & that lack of evidence meant they couldn't reverse it.

RockRaven

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4. The rule is about the ball relative to the field, not relative to the players, so that

Reply to Mosby (Original post)

Mon Jan 6, 2025, 01:00 PM

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was clearly a forward pass. Released at approx 31, caught at approx 30, at least a yard of forward travel in the air.

brush

(58,283 posts)

8. I don't think so. Look at it closely. In my eyes it was close, but backwards.

Reply to RockRaven (Reply #4)

Mon Jan 6, 2025, 07:38 PM

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