[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

You're asking for trouble by taking this strong a stance here. The grounding rule, both Fed and NCAA, prevents a QB from gaining an advantage by throwing a ball to essentially nowhere. If he throws it at his feet, you can't determine whether the throw was bad, the receiver didn't properly move to receive it, or numerous other things. Even IF the QB was trying to throw an incomplete pass, he gets to do that, as long as the applicable rule is followed -- that being an eligible receiver is nearby.

Is it grounding for a QB to throw a slant route pass to a slot receiver breaking across the middle at his feet?

I had a partner call grounding on a pass that actually hit a receiver. His judgement was that he thought it was an obvious attempt to avoid a sack and he (QB) did not see the receiver anyway (which may have been true). We couldn't talk him out of it. He didn't work much after that.