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No, only if first pass is backwards.Is it legal to have two Forward passes if the first pass was still behind the line of scrimmage.
No, only if first pass is backwards.
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That is what I thought. There was team that got by with two forward passes for a TD with 30 seconds to go in the game to win the game.
What happened on the play?
That I don’t know.It would be. Did the wing official punch forward or backwards?
If the pass is forward, it doesn’t matter whether it’s behind the the LOS or not. It is only a lateral if it is backwards. I have seen 100’s of times where the wideout goes in motion and the QB tosses it a yard in front of him as he goes by. If not caught it is an incomplete pass. Nothing else.If the pass was behind the line of scrimmage. It is not a pass but a lateral. Therefore the ball can be passed to another player.
Maybe I needed to rephrase my answer to say if the ball is behind where the QB is at and the WR is behind the QB. It is a lateral not a pass.If the pass is forward, it doesn’t matter whether it’s behind the the LOS or not. It is only a lateral if it is backwards. I have seen 100’s of times where the wideout goes in motion and the QB tosses it a yard in front of him as he goes by. If not caught it is an incomplete pass. Nothing else.
Maybe I needed to rephrase my answer to say if the ball is behind where the QB is at and the WR is behind the QB. It is a lateral not a pass.
Sportsnut, thanks for the explanation. And for choosing to ignore the immaturity of anonymous keyboard warriors. Officiating teaches a lot of valuable life lessons. Thanks for what you guys do.ART. 5 ... A Backward pass is a pass thrown with its initial direction parallel with or toward the runner’s end line.
Often referred to as a lateral. But in the rule book only forward and backward passes is listed.
Sorry. That is not the way it it is.I could have sworn that in the NC high school rule books that as long as the pass remained behind the LOS that another forward pass was legal. In fact there was no limit on how many times you could throw it forward as long as it remained behind the LOS.
It changed about 10-12 years ago.When I was a high school official it was that way. Any idea when it changed?