Thread: Passer over the LOS
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Old Mon Aug 22, 2011, 02:32pm
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Originally Posted by referee20 View Post
QB goes past the LOS and completes a pass, seconds after he releases the ball he gets hit hard by a defensive player. Can you have roughing the passer when the passer throws an illegal forward pass. Offsetting fouls?
CANADIAN RULING:

Once the passer crosses the LS, he is a ball carrier. If there is a UR, it is just a regular UR, and not UR/Passer.

So no, you cannot have roughing the passer and an IFP in this case.
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