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Scenario: A defensive player standing in front of the opponents end zone jumps to intercept a pass. His momentum carries him into the end zone. He clearly has both hands securely on the ball. Before he touches the ground, he pushes the ball forward out of the end zone to a teammate. My question is 'Is this an illegal forward pass?'
Im probably going to get into trouble for this, but I have nothing on this play. Lets walk through it and see if Im just running out of bounds.
"Scenario: A defensive player standing in front of the opponents end zone jumps to intercept a pass".
(Im assuming that hes got the ball at this point but has not yet caught or intercepted the ball by touching the ground)
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"His momentum carries him into the end zone"
(The momentum exception does not apply until an interception or catch has occurred.)
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"He clearly has both hands securely on the ball."
(My feeling here is he doesn't really have possession yet. NF 2-32-1 says ...A ball in player possession is a live ball held or controlled by a player after it has been handed or snapped to him, or after he has caught or recovered it ...none of these things has happened).
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"Before he touches the ground, he pushes the ball forward out of the end zone to a ".
(Although the word pushes isnt included in the definitions of a muff or batting. All thats happened here was B1 has helped B2 intercept a pass)
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