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ProfessorGAC

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5. I Stopped The Video...

Reply to brush (Reply #3)

Mon Jan 6, 2025, 01:58 PM

Jan 6

...& 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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Is this a forward pass? [View all] Mosby Jan 6 OP

The ball went forward. He released it on the 32; it was caught on the 30. rsdsharp Jan 6 #1

No forward pass beyond the line of scrimmage odins folly Jan 6 #2

I looked at it closely several times by stopping and starting the video over... brush Jan 6 #3

I Stopped The Video... ProfessorGAC Jan 6 #5

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

I Buy That ProfessorGAC Jan 6 #7

The rule is about the ball relative to the field, not relative to the players, so that RockRaven Jan 6 #4

I don't think so. Look at it closely. In my eyes it was close, but backwards. brush Jan 6 #8