Ridiculous Rule

[SteelerSask2]

If the QB goes beyond the LOS and throws it illegal Forward Pass. Goes 5 yards back from point he threw roll the down. Brady threw had it stuffed back to him and he threw it again about 4 yards short of a first down. But instead of a penalty being applied and down rolling it was accept the penalty 5 yards from the LOS not point of foul replay the down. Rams declined. Gives them the catch and it forced fourth down. Makes zero sense. But I looked it up. And its right.

 

[Omar10213245]

If the QB goes beyond the LOS and throws it illegal Forward Pass. Goes 5 yards back from point he threw roll the down. Brady threw had it stuffed back to him and he threw it again about 4 yards short of a first down. But instead of a penalty being applied and down rolling it was accept the penalty 5 yards from the LOS not point of foul replay the down. Rams declined. Gives them the catch and it forced fourth down. Makes zero sense. But I looked it up. And its right.

Yeah that confused the hell outta me, they need to fix that BS

 

[Steeler Pride]

If the QB goes beyond the LOS and throws it illegal Forward Pass. Goes 5 yards back from point he threw roll the down. Brady threw had it stuffed back to him and he threw it again about 4 yards short of a first down. But instead of a penalty being applied and down rolling it was accept the penalty 5 yards from the LOS not point of foul replay the down. Rams declined. Gives them the catch and it forced fourth down. Makes zero sense. But I looked it up. And its right.

I thought they spotted the ball where Brady caught the ball.

 

[Omar10213245]

I thought they spotted the ball where Brady caught the ball.

Nope, well past that

 

[SteelerSask2]

They gave him wherever the second pass was caught. To the point where had the Rams went offside on the punt it would have been first down. What I thought was when the Steelers run that jet motion sweep to the slot its technically a forward pass. If it went bad and the receiver had enough space he could throw it anywhere. Illegal forward pass. Down roll from the LOS or 5 yards replay the down. I'd take that.

 

[Stryker]

I just watched this play for the first time and it's pretty amazing. It was an illegal forward pass, but the Rams declined the penalty. This means the completion stood. It was short of the first down, so they'd rather get the ball back then replay the down. The ball was spotted where the pass was caught. It's the first time I've ever seen a team decline an illegal forward pass.

 

[Stryker]

Here's the official rule:

1. It is thrown by a Team A player whose entire body is beyond the neutral zone when he releases the ball.
2. It is thrown by a Team B player.
3. It is thrown after team possession has changed during the down.
4. It is the second forward pass during the same down.
5. It is thrown from in or behind the neutral zone after a ball carrier’s entire body and the ball have gone beyond the neutral zone.

The penalty for all of them is 5 yards from the spot of the foul, plus loss of down unless it was on a turnover.

In the NFL, the first three situations are treated the same as college. But the 4th and 5th are just 5 yard penalties from the line of scrimmage with no loss of down.

 

[madinsomniac]

The nfl needs more loss of down penalties on the offense... half the defensive penalties bring a new set of downs... its so biased

Ie: offensive holding... 10 yards and replay the down
Defensive holding....5 yards and a new set of downs

Or offensive pass interference, a ten yard penalty vs defensive pass interference, where the ball is spotted where the dpi happened and the offense gets a new set of downs

Or tripping, a ten yard penalty on the offense and but acten yard penalty with a new set of downs if the defense does it

Illegal use of hands? Same thing... Offense loses 10 yards... d only loses 5 but gives up a whole new set of downs....