2008 NFL Season Thread

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Originally Posted by Gonzo

You know, I thought that too. They said it was an "illegal forward pass" however he was behind the line of scrimmage and all he did was side arm shovel pass it (that's something Favre used to do all the time, minus the side arm).

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When the ball is on the ground and you pick it up and throw it. Its an illegal forward pass. You have to run it at that point.

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Originally Posted by Advocate

When the ball is on the ground and you pick it up and throw it. Its an illegal forward pass. You have to run it at that point.

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Nope, doesn't matter if the ball hits the ground it can still be thrown so long as it hasn't passed the line of scrimmage at any point. They also said they called the penalty because it was an unusual throwing motion, which doesn't mean anything, there's nothing wrong with that play, there was even a receiver within 5 yards of the ball when it was thrown.

It was a blown call that ended up costing Green Bay the game.

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Originally Posted by Thief Silver

It was a blown call that ended up costing Green Bay the game.

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The end justifies the means imo.

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Originally Posted by NFL Rulebook

Intentional Grounding of Forward Pass

Intentional grounding of a forward pass is a foul: loss of down and 10 yards from previous spot if passer is in the field of play or loss of down at the spot of the foul if it occurs more than 10 yards behind the line or safety if passer is in his own end zone when ball is released.

Intentional grounding will be called when a passer, facing an imminent loss of yardage due to pressure from the defense, throws a forward pass without a realistic chance of completion.

Intentional grounding will not be called when a passer, while out of the pocket and facing an imminent loss of yardage, throws a pass that lands at or beyond the line of scrimmage, even if no offensive player(s) have a realistic chance to catch the ball (including if the ball lands out of bounds over the sideline or end line).

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so, wrong call, right result, because if that isn't intentional grounding then i don't know what is

Well, Portis is 50-50 for this week's game against Dallas. Fuck. Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck!!!! There goes our offense. I hope the defense got enough rest, cuz they might be seeing plenty of the field on Sunday. FUCK!

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Originally Posted by burgundy

so, wrong call, right result, because if that isn't intentional grounding then i don't know what is

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That rule only applies if the passer is within the tackle box, if he's out of it, the passer can do whatever the fuck he wants to do. I didn't see the game, so if the QB was outside the tackle box, this rule does not apply. Refs have made some pretty shitty calls this year, so it would surprise me if this was a blown call.

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Originally Posted by Type Ryan

That rule only applies if the passer is within the tackle box, if he's out of it, the passer can do whatever the fuck he wants to do. I didn't see the game, so if the QB was outside the tackle box, this rule does not apply. Refs have made some pretty shitty calls this year, so it would surprise me if this was a blown call.

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If he's outside the tackle box, he still has to get the ball past the line of scrimmage.

I take it that pass didn't cross the line?

the problem is that it's a shitty subjective rule, but basically being out of the pocket weighs against a penalty but not reaching the line weighs for it. there was a receiver like 5 yards away but it's not even like he lofted a catchable pass - he flung it underhand and it stayed low.

This QB must have had the worst game ever for any starting QB that actually won the game by 10+ points.

12.3 QB rating, 72 yards, 4 INT's, 1 TD, and 7/27 passing. Holy shit.