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Message: [QUOTE="McHunt, post: 3268761, member: 9853"] It's actually quite hard to judge a forward pass in relation to the ground (marker line) when the passer is moving forward. The ruling is the ball is not allowed to leave the hands in a forward direction. But it's not as simple to observe as that sounds. If the passer is traveling forward when he releases the ball sideways it will carry with it his momentum and travel forward naturally. The longer the pass, the further it will travel forward. He won't have passed the ball forward, but it will travel forward relative to his position at the point of passing. That's simple physics. So if you were to judge that from above, the ball will appear to travel forward relative to the ground. It seems very obvious when you use a yard line as a gauge but it can mislead you. It will look even more forward if the passer comes to an abupt halt after releasing the ball. [/QUOTE]

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