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Could a reciever stop the clock by throwing the ball OOB?
My brother mentioned this yesterday during the games and it got me wondering.
Let's say a team is out of TOs, what would happen if a receiver caught the ball and it out of bounds, backwards (like a missed lateral), would that stop the clock without a penalty? |
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Re: Could a reciever stop the clock by throwing the ball OOB?
Yeah, I don't see why not.
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Re: Could a reciever stop the clock by throwing the ball OOB?
umm, no. 15 yard penalty and a 10 second run-off, maybe?
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Re: Could a reciever stop the clock by throwing the ball OOB?
actually though, if it were close enough to a lateral, i don't know...
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Re: Could a reciever stop the clock by throwing the ball OOB?
I think of a similar thing when a running back is about to be stopped behind the LOS. Why not just throw it away (forward pass OB).
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Re: Could a reciever stop the clock by throwing the ball OOB?
Not sure of the exact ruling, but a player can stop in the middle of the field and yell like "DOWN" or "STOP", and they would stop the play/clock if no one is near him.
FWIW I could be completely wrong about this and it may have just been a dream. |
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Re: Could a reciever stop the clock by throwing the ball OOB?
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Not sure of the exact ruling, but a player can stop in the middle of the field and yell like "DOWN" or "STOP", and they would stop the play/clock if no one is near him. FWIW I could be completely wrong about this and it may have just been a dream. [/ QUOTE ] Thayer's got a lot of gems, but this tops them all |
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Re: Could a reciever stop the clock by throwing the ball OOB?
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Not sure of the exact ruling, but a player can stop in the middle of the field and yell like "DOWN" or "STOP", and they would stop the play/clock if no one is near him. FWIW I could be completely wrong about this and it may have just been a dream. [/ QUOTE ] I think you can stop the play like this, but not the clock. (it count the same as if the player were tackled in the middle of the field. |
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Re: Could a reciever stop the clock by throwing the ball OOB?
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Not sure of the exact ruling, but a player can stop in the middle of the field and yell like "DOWN" or "STOP", and they would stop the play/clock if no one is near him. FWIW I could be completely wrong about this and it may have just been a dream. [/ QUOTE ] This will stop the play but unless you have a Timeout to call the clock will keep running in the NFL. |
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Re: Could a reciever stop the clock by throwing the ball OOB?
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I think of a similar thing when a running back is about to be stopped behind the LOS. Why not just throw it away (forward pass OB). [/ QUOTE ] I played football, so never RB, so I'm not the best person to ask. But in football, you generally don't know you'r going to eat turf until you're already on the way down. Also, lots of risk of fumbling when you're waving one arm around instead of locking up the football. That's my guess at least. |
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