Foward lateral...

[trickblue]

I'm watching the highlights from last week and they are showing the Favre "shovel pass"...

He obviously pitched it forward underhanded. When I was young, anything pitched forward underhanded was called as a forward lateral. Did they change the rule? Is is only with two hands that makes it a lateral?

 

[Yeagermeister]

Everything Farve does is legal.

 

[big dog cowboy]

No kididng. You get the impression he can walk on water at will sometimes.

 

[Tom [Giants fan]]

Anything going forward is a pass no matter what they call it.

 

[DallasEast]

Anything going forward is a pass no matter what they call it.

Good luck to your team today. Mind you, I'm not rooting for any team. Just wanted to say that.

 

[Biggems]

I'm watching the highlights from last week and they are showing the Favre "shovel pass"...

He obviously pitched it forward underhanded. When I was young, anything pitched forward underhanded was called as a forward lateral. Did they change the rule? Is is only with two hands that makes it a lateral?

only a forward lateral if it is beyond the line of scrimmage, if there has already been 1 forward pass on the play, or if in the kicking game, the ball is advanced from teammate A to teammate B where B is beyond the yardmarker that A is when A releases the ball.

 

[SibannacRex]

only a forward lateral if it is beyond the line of scrimmage, if there has already been 1 forward pass on the play, or if in the kicking game, the ball is advanced from teammate A to teammate B where B is beyond the yardmarker that A is when A releases the ball.

You had me until you said "or..."

Basically the rule is this (and I don't need technical terms or a rule book to describe it):

There can only be one forward pass on a given play. That forward pass must be initiated from behind the line of scrimmage.

On Favre's play, there was only one forward and it was initiated from behind the line of scrimmage. As a result, it was a legal pass. It doesn't matter that he threw it underhanded, behind is back, no look, etc. It was a legal pass.

On plays that do not initiate from the line of scrimmage (i.e. kickoff) there can be no forward passes.

 

[AmishCowboy]

GooD luck today Tom, You'll need it Going against Lord Favre, who you know the NFL wants in the SB.

 

[Tom [Giants fan]]

GooD luck today Tom, You'll need it Going against Lord Favre, who you know the NFL wants in the SB.

Thanks.

The Giants had key turnovers in their first meeting in Week 2 which is why the Packers blew open the game in the fourth quarter. If the Giants can avoid turnovers, this one should go down to the wire.