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[bavanlan]

On every run by a Houston RB, when they carried the ball they would swing it back and then forward in their hand as they ran.

 

Now as we all know, swinging/moving the ball forward starts a forward pass, so I ask the following questions:

 

1) Why could the RB's swing the ball forward as they run more than once per run?  Aren't you allowed one forward pass per possession?

 

2) Why could the RB's swing the ball forward after they got past the line of scrimmage?  Isn't it illegal to have a forward pass once your body crosses the line of scrimmage in it's entirety?

 

3) Why does the NFL hate us enough to clearly avoid calling these obvious penalties?

 

Thanks.

[John Waylon]

Tuck rule imo.

[IndyTrav]

What

[bavanlan]

What

http://forums.colts....e-4#entry358945

[21isSuperman]

I'm not sure if I'm interpreting the question properly, but it sounds to me like you are just describing the way they run.  When they run, their arms swing back and forth, so the ball does so as well.  There is no intent to pass and they are not releasing the ball in a pass attempt, so there is no problem

[Balzer40]

Where's deedub to break down the rule book for us? There has to an explanation for this.

[Snowglobe]

^lol

 

inb4 deedub 

[Balzer40]

I'm not sure if I'm interpreting the question properly, but it sounds to me like you are just describing the way they run.  When they run, their arms swing back and forth, so the ball does so as well.  There is no intent to pass and they are not releasing the ball in a pass attempt, so there is no problem

You're missing the sarcasm of this thread. Check out the link Bav provided above. It may explain things.

[21isSuperman]

You're missing the sarcasm of this thread. Check out the link Bav provided above. It may explain things.

 

well, me missing something is a pretty common occurrence  

[ManningToCollie]

Refs seemed to side with the Texans the whole game.. smh

[Coltscodeblue]

How about that face mask, if a player is running in a direction and a passing defensive player reaches out and the offensive players head snaps back violently in the other direction and goes down and I see the ref looking right at it from behind and no call, that has got to be Bull Squeez!!!!!

[swflacoltsfans]

How about that face mask, if a player is running in a direction and a passing defensive player reaches out and the offensive players head snaps back violently in the other direction and goes down and I see the ref looking right at it from behind and no call, that has got to be Bull Squeez!!!!!

That was a terrible missed call. These refs were worse than the replacement refs.

[JoKeR]

I like how they call holding on a TD pass when holding happens every play.

[mcgeez]

yeh i cant tell you how many i saw the personal fouls against luck on the very first series the nonsense facemask the personal foul helmet to helmet on bethea when his helmet didnt even come in contact with any part of the reciever and then when arians complains about how bad they are he gets a penalty there was one point where the ref seemed like HE didnt even believe the call he was making what a joke " integrity of the game" right goodelll right gtho

[dw49]

yeh i cant tell you how many i saw the personal fouls against luck on the very first series the nonsense facemask the personal foul helmet to helmet on bethea when his helmet didnt even come in contact with any part of the reciever and then when arians complains about how bad they are he gets a penalty there was one point where the ref seemed like HE didnt even believe the call he was making what a joke " integrity of the game" right goodelll right gtho

 

 

 

What can you do ? Sometimes you eat the bear and sometimesthe bear eats you. Yea... the calls went against us yesterday but we really didn't play well enough the beat them yesterday. Officilas... sometimes they get it right and other times they don't. Just part of the game . 

[Kyle]

What can you do ? Sometimes you eat the bear and sometimesthe bear eats you. Yea... the calls went against us yesterday but we really didn't play well enough the beat them yesterday. Officilas... sometimes they get it right and other times they don't. Just part of the game . 

No no no no no..... The refs in this game (or this year) have been awful. There were so many calls that were game changing, drive extending, and just plain garbage. Seems like a lot of games are being decided by the refs this year. The NFL is rigged

[a06cc]

Not refs faults we lost this game. It's the fault of a leftover picksburgh stealers. I said it before the season it was a bad move. Moore fumbled and Arians cost us the game with his penalty. I want them gone lol

[NewColtsFan]

On every run by a Houston RB, when they carried the ball they would swing it back and then forward in their hand as they ran.

 

Now as we all know, swinging/moving the ball forward starts a forward pass, so I ask the following questions:

 

1) Why could the RB's swing the ball forward as they run more than once per run?  Aren't you allowed one forward pass per possession?

 

2) Why could the RB's swing the ball forward after they got past the line of scrimmage?  Isn't it illegal to have a forward pass once your body crosses the line of scrimmage in it's entirety?

 

3) Why does the NFL hate us enough to clearly avoid calling these obvious penalties?

 

Thanks.

 

 

 

Whatever you're describing is not illegal, and not a penalty.

 

For a ball to count as a pass, it has to leave the player's hand.     If the running back is just swinging it back and forth,  that's perfectly legal.    No penalty.    It's done by every player in every game.

 

Hope that clarifies things for you...