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Originally Posted by JugglingReferee
His motivation was to avoid being sacked. That he threw it high, far, and to an area with no receiver is an additional aspect to the play that doesn't remove the fact that two defenders would have easily tackled him without the throw.
Avoiding the sack conserves yardage (item h): the incomplete pass means that B would take over further from A's EZ than if he was sacked.
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But throwing the ball to avoid being tackled is immaterial unless it's
to (the word used in the book) conserve time or get a more favorable spot. The word "to" requires purpose. The player did not care where the next spot would be. He didn't want to leave time on the game clock, either. So the conditions for IG don't apply.
This is a tactic which is not against the rules: throwing the ball high (in any direction), not trying for a completed pass, to
consume time.