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Originally Posted by OKREF
2-32-16a: Defenseless player provisions for passer clarified.
Rationale: The committee clarified that defenseless player provisions do not apply to a passer until a legal forward pass is thrown.
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Sad but true that such a clarif'n was needed. Although written plainly enough, and people should've known "passer" was a defined term, you should've seen the discussion on at least one coaching board over the existing wording.