Halfback Pass

[RFM]

Clarify something for me. I thought there were certain conditions under
which a HB can throw a forward pass.

1. The QB has to be in the shotgun.
2. The ball has to be pitched backwards to the HB.

Brees was under Center and handed off to Tomlinson, who threw it forward to
Peelle for a TD. Isn't that illegal?
--RFM

[Andy Richardson]

No, you can throw a forward pass at any point, as long as no one else
has thrown one yet. It doesn't matter what the QB is doing at the time.

Andy

[RFM]

"Andy Richardson" <aricha...@spamboy.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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Thanks, Andy.

[John Gooch]

There can be only one forward pass per play. Any player can throw a pass.
The QB can throw behind him to any player and then that player can throw to
an eligible receiver, which can be the QB.

You cannot throw the ball into the ground from the shotgun formation.

"RFM" <r...@home.com> wrote in message
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[RFM]

Gooch, I think we're getting closer to the rule I was thinking of. The QB
can only become a receiver if the ball is snapped in the shotgun. Either a
lateral to the new passer or a direct snap. Only then can the QB become a
receiver. Right?

"John Gooch" <john...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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[Nightcrawler]

Nope.

Any back is an eligible receiver. Just ask septic.

"RFM" <r...@home.com> wrote in message

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[Ford Prefect]

Are you serious?
No, I think the QB can also become a receiver if he reports to the ref that
he's doing so, after someone else has reported to the ref that they are to
be the QB for a play.
I may be wrong here...

"RFM" <r...@home.com> wrote in message

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[Nightcrawler]

The only time a QB would have to report would be if he had an improper
jersey number. By default, he would have an NFL exemption baring the
possibility that he was a multi-position player and/or was replacing a QB.

" Ford Prefect" <tommys...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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[Ford Prefect]

Ok, you got me there. I just looked it up and you are right.
Bitch!

"Nightcrawler" <Dirty...@dirtcheap.org> wrote in message
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[John Gooch]

The QB is always an eligible receiver no matter who receives the snap. You
have to have 7 men on the line and 4 in the backfield. The 4 and the 2 ends
are eligible receivers.

"RFM" <r...@home.com> wrote in message

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[John Gooch]

You are wrong. The QB does not have to report. The 4 backs and the ends
are eligible receivers.

The only reporting that is made is when a #5X #6X or a #7X is a going to
line up in the backfield or as an eligible receiver as an end. Then they
report and the other team is notified. Generally used near the goal line
for extra blocking or like the Fridge was used.

So how would this all apply to Jim Otto? Well, no one will ever again wear
00 in the NFL again.

" Ford Prefect" <tommys...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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[Nightcrawler]

Damn, I think this is the first time anyone ever said that I was right.

I must be losing it.

" Ford Prefect" <tommys...@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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[Ford Prefect]

Gotcha.

Unless of course, it's an illegal forward pass or an illegal screen.

"John Gooch" <john...@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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>
> You are wrong. The QB does not have to report. The 4 backs and the ends
> are eligible receivers.
>
> The only reporting that is made is when a #5X #6X or a #7X is a going to
> line up in the backfield or as an eligible receiver as an end. Then they
> report and the other team is notified. Generally used near the goal line
> for extra blocking or like the Fridge was used.
>
> So how would this all apply to Jim Otto? Well, no one will ever again
wear
> 00 in the NFL again.

lol!

[Ford Prefect]

Damn it.
Another right-handed dominate remark.

Lefties of the World unite! We are the only ones in our Right Minds!!!!

"Nightcrawler" <Dirty...@dirtcheap.org> wrote in message

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[Nightcrawler]

Yeah, just keep Billy going on...

" Ford Prefect" <tommys...@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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[RFM]

The QB is not an eligible receiver if he takes a direct snap from Center.
Here's an excerpt from the definition of an eligible receiver:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eligible_receiver

...[T]he offensive team must have at least seven players lined up on the
line of scrimmage. Of the players on the line of scrimmage, only the two
players on the ends of the line of scrimmage are eligible receivers. The
four remaining players in the backfield (five in Canadian football),
including the quarterback, are also eligible receivers-except in the
National Football League, where a quarterback who takes the snap directly
from the center is never eligible. However, a quarterback who receives a
longer snap from the center, such as in a shotgun formation, is eligible
even in the NFL.

"John Gooch" <john...@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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[131,33,17]

NOPE! No conditions ... except a sad defense to run it against.
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Godspeed RAIDERS!!!
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