Unintentional Forward Pass Beyond LOS

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

What if it's not clear whether the passer was trying to make a forward or a backward pass, but when he's hit as he throws the ball winds up going slightly forward to the receiver? What if it looks more likely that he was trying to make a backward pass than a forward one?

It is not our job to make decisions about what is clear. The situation is simple, either the arm is going forward or it is not. And just because we do not know if they were trying to pass does not subjugate our responsibility to make the an appropriate crew. It is not about what he is trying to do, it is about what happened in our judgment of course.

Peace