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In our scenario, he's already been contacted by the defensive player in his own end zone, running for his life with his back to the field. He has no idea where any of the eligibles are (unless he has a rearview mirror installed on his helmet) and he's just chucking it up. (Didn't Bledsoe do this in the AFC Championship game 2 years ago against Pittsburgh but not in the end zone?) Having it land in the vicinity of an eligible with his back to the QB doesn't qualify in my mind as there having been a reasonable expectation that this pass could be completed, in which case we don't have to examine the QB's intent, because we can see the end result - incomplete pass thrown to save loss of yardage.
Now, if I'm standing back there and I hear the reciever yelling to the QB, "Johnny, throw it, throw it over here!! I'm right behind you!!!" and he throws it toward his voice, that's a different story to me.
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