Jeremy517":2hcbvgja said:jlwaters1":2hcbvgja said:It's called physics.. A backwards pass will still travel forward when you running full speed. The announcers were off base imo.Bobblehead":2hcbvgja said:THey were correct, started at 47, caught at 48..
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By NFL rules, that makes it a forward pass:
"(b) the ball first strikes the ground, a player, an official, or anything else at a point that is nearer the opponent’s goal line than the point at which the ball leaves the passer’s hand(s)."
It gets a bit silly though, because a lateral while running at full speed is almost physically impossible to pull off without jumping into the air and winging it backwards wildly with both hands. I'm curious as to how many players can whip a ball backwards at 20+ MPH (to bring the ball's relative momentum to zero) and not blow their shoulder and elbow out.