Unintentional Forward Pass Beyond LOS

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Originally Posted by JRutledge

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

Shouldn't that read "either the ball's initial direction is towards the opponent's goal line or it is not"?
We get ourselves wrapped around the axle on this "arm going forward" bit. It helps to determine whether a pass has started, but whether the pass is forward or backwards depends on something else entirely.