Is this a forward pass?

[Mosby]

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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[rsdsharp]

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

That’s a forward pass.

[odins folly]

2. No forward pass beyond the line of scrimmage

It was a lateral

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

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]

5. I Stopped The Video...

...& 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.

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

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

[ProfessorGAC]

7. I Buy That

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

[RockRaven]

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

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

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