crimsonace
Well-Known Member
* The good old shuttle/shuffle pass. In the mid-90s in these parts only 1 team passed the ball much. Then this other team starting reporting what at the time was considered outrageous passing figures. Like 10-of-13 for 198 yards. Well, about half those completions were actually 1-foot flips with the receiver carrying the ball for gains well beyond the LOS. I had one these in a playoff game yesterday. QB and HB side-by-side in shotgun. Receiver goes in motion. High snap. HB tips it, QB tips it and finally the Receiver snatches it out of the air. I just recorded it as a rushing play. Lost 2 yards.
I actually had a coach send me a text about 20 minutes before the game. "First play is a pass. It will look like a jet sweep, but it's a pass."
Sure thing, the slot receiver went in motion, QB took the shotgun snap and flipped it about 1' forward to him. Direction of the throw determines whether it's a run or pass. If the ball is thrown forward, it's a pass, even if it's 6."
I got ripped several years ago by a quarterback's dad because his passing stats were "way too low." He was a Wing-T QB and the coach had put a ton of laterals to wingbacks. But because the throw was overhand, he thought it should be counted as passing yardage. We went back and forth until he says "so, if one is intercepted, it would be a lost fumble?" "Yep." He never questioned it again.
(On the play you mentioned above, I believe that would be rushing yardage because that would be considered a fumble had it hit the ground).