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Originally Posted by ML99
Hmmm ... thanks for your comments - I thought that answering this question isn't easy because everyone has a different understanding for uncatchable. I also think that there is a difference for uncatchable if the player is overthrown (ball over his head) or if the ball is thrown sideways/lateral away from the player.
Would you call a pass uncatchable if the player really tries to get to the ball, but he is:
a) overthrown by 1yrd
b) overthrown by 2yrds
c) overthrown by 3yrds
d) overthrown by 4yrds
e) ball is thrown sidways away from the player 1yrd
f) ball is thrown sidways away from the player 2yrds
g) ball is thrown sidways away from the player 3yrds
h) ball is thrown sidways away from the player 4yrds
i) ball is thrown sidways away from the player 5yrds
I know - stupid question, but somewhere you have to draw a line in the sand ....
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That's not how officiating judgment works. You don't determine a set distance from the receiver and then look for that distance. Doing so fails to take into account too many variables (player ability, weather, game situation, etc.).
The rules leave a great deal up to officials' judgment. There's a reason for that, and your efforts to define away judgment will be futile.