Can you fumble forward in the nfl

However, there are rules about a forward pass. An illegal forward pass is one that is made either in front of the line of scrimmage or after another forward pass has already been completed. This penalty, on the offense, will negate any play that occurs after the pass, if the penalty is accepted. A forward pass may be thrown overhand, underhand or sidearm, one hand or two. The concept is that it is a thrown ball going forward.

It may cross the line of scrimmage, or be thrown to a player behind the line of scrimmage. An illegal forward pass can be caught and advanced by the offense, it can be intercepted by the defense. And the results of the play are the SAME as a legal forward pass if the penalty is declined. Rule 11 Section 5. Rule 8 Section 1. Rule 8 Section 7. Rule 8 Section 1 Article 6. Rule 7 Section 2 Article 1. Rule 12 Section 2 Article Rule 8 Section 1 Articles Rule 12 Section 3.

Rule 10 Section 2. Rule 3 Section 6. Rule 7 Section 5 Article 1. Rule 7 Section 4 Article 8. The covering officials should have thrown their blue bean bag to mark the spot of the fumble.

That way, they would have known to return the ball to the spot of the fumble. It is unclear if any officials dropped a bean bag at the What is more disappointing, any of the seven officials should have remembered the forward-fumble rule. Any one of them could have stopped the game before the next play and questioned the spot. The NFL expects all officials to know the rules and it expects any official from referee to raw rookie to stop the game if they see something amiss.

This is called saving the crew. Unfortunately for the crew, it is a downgrade for all. In light of this error, you can be sure all NFL crews will emphasize crew saving calls this week and for the rest of the season. But since you asked in such a polite way, no you didn't. I just wish all the rules were the same nfl to NCAA including the pass interference , etc I get that right grammar police ;.

I was young. I only remembered the final fumble by Casper around the end zone. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. You are right. They did not intentionally fumble it forward but in order for the NFL to be able to enforce the rule no fumble can be spotted further up the field from the point that it happened I believe. Still only on fourth down. A fumble prior to that can be advanced by anyone. Also the fumbling player, even on fourth down, can still advance the ball.

I do not know off the top of my head how the college rule differs. I did find this on Wikipedia for whatever it is worth