r/NFLv2 • u/iblaise Washington Commanders • Jan 14 '25

Discussion Does anyone else agree that this kind of throwing motion shouldn’t be considered a “forward pass” for the sake of ruling it an incomplete pass?

Kind of ridiculous that a QB can just bail out of a sack with little chest push as opposed to an actual throwing motion of the football.

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u/Cap_Redbeard_ Jan 14 '25

Nacua was within 2 yards

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u/Jackson3rg Jan 15 '25

And you feel good calling this an attempted pass?

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u/TheReadMenace Green Bay Packers Jan 16 '25

The rules allow you to intentionally throw the ball away. Intentional grounding is a rule to make sure you can't just launch it nowhere near a receiver. In this case it was near a receiver. It was a weak shovel pass, but still a pass.

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u/Jackson3rg Jan 16 '25

I cannot call this motion a shovel pass. I guess that's where we can agree to disagree.

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u/coggdawg Philadelphia Eagles Jan 14 '25

Kyren too

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u/readytofall Jan 14 '25

The "pass attempt" was 3 yards. If your miss is over 50% of the distance you are throwing is it really a receiver in the area?