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Originally posted by michaelpr
Weird situation.
If a quarterback pitches a backwards pass to the wide reciever (where the wide receiver now becomes the passer) and he runs up to the line of scrimmage and throws a pass. Then a defensive lineman nails him. Do we have roughing the passer? When does the quarter back cease from being the passer? What is meant by becoming part of the play (as far as not getting protection)?
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Something else to consider in this play. If the receiver runs to the line of scrimmage like he's going to run the ball you have to make an allowance for the fact that the defense may not know he was going to be a pass.