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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.IF that's true, the Pats need to do that very thing vs Baltimore.If you’re going to come up with a really cool play, Prescott could have actually turned around and thrown the ball out of bounds, as a “lateral.” The play would be legal.
To stop running like that may be too difficult, but any WR could have caught a pass crossing over the middle and then thrown the ball backwards a few yards to the sidelines.
Unless I’m misunderstanding the rules, I believe that would be a legal play. A backwards lateral does not need to be intended for anyone, and I believe it would be treated as a fumble oob.
What would Josh prefer if it was the Pats?Really good question
I could tell by the sheepish way McCarthy responded to questions that you're probably correct about him not discussing all of the possibilities. If that's Bill he goes over every detail and the players know what to do.At that point of the game your primary concern is the clock; yardage is secondary.
The decision to run up the middle of the field was questionable. He only needed a yard for a first down. There's zero chance of running for a TD. The furthest Prescott should have run was to the 30.
To answer the OP's question, from the 41 the smart play is to get some yardage and then a closer shot at the end zone. It was just poorly executed, or perhaps not communicated/reinforced enough about the need to finish the play earlier.
Mike McCarthy has a history of poor to questionable clock management, so I'm guessing that was never discussed.
A team is not permitted to conserve time inside of one minute of either half by committing any of the following acts:If you’re going to come up with a really cool play, Prescott could have actually turned around and thrown the ball out of bounds, as a “lateral.” The play would be legal.
To stop running like that may be too difficult, but any WR could have caught a pass crossing over the middle and then thrown the ball backwards a few yards to the sidelines.
Unless I’m misunderstanding the rules, I believe that would be a legal play. A backwards lateral does not need to be intended for anyone, and I believe it would be treated as a fumble oob.
A team is not permitted to conserve time inside of one minute of either half by committing any of the following acts:
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(d) throwing a backward pass out of bounds
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Penalty: For Illegally Conserving Time: Loss of 5 yards unless a larger distance penalty is applicable.
When actions referred to above are committed by the offensive team while time is in, officials will run 10 seconds off the game clock
IF that's true, the Pats need to do that very thing vs Baltimore.
A team is not permitted to conserve time inside of one minute of either half by committing any of the following acts:
...
(d) throwing a backward pass out of bounds
...
Penalty: For Illegally Conserving Time: Loss of 5 yards unless a larger distance penalty is applicable.
When actions referred to above are committed by the offensive team while time is in, officials will run 10 seconds off the game clock
It’s definitely true and @Sciz lies about everything. You should put him on ignore right now and not read any of his posts in this thread.
So ... If I am reading this right... I think we discovered a loophole... a perfectly perpendicular pass, not forward, or backwards, but thrown in a perpendicular path from the ball carrier to the sideline should be legal...
If the ref sees it as deliberate (and inside 2:00), that's a 5 yard penalty and 10 second runoff.If you’re going to come up with a really cool play, Prescott could have actually turned around and thrown the ball out of bounds, as a “lateral.” The play would be legal.
To stop running like that may be too difficult, but any WR could have caught a pass crossing over the middle and then thrown the ball backwards a few yards to the sidelines.
Unless I’m misunderstanding the rules, I believe that would be a legal play. A backwards lateral does not need to be intended for anyone, and I believe it would be treated as a fumble oob.