2006-09-12 07:38:37 · 13 answers · asked by swebski 1 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
THE ESPN broadcasters repeatedly mentioned that the NFL was now counting screen passes as rushes. You can look at stats from last nights game- Santana Moss is shown as having 3 rushing attempts; however, they were all screen plays. If it is a "fumble in flight", then why isn't a dropped screen a live ball? Instead, its an incomplete pass.
2006-09-12 08:06:40 · update #1
that's ONLY when the screen pass is thrown backwards. it's a lateral, the same thing as picthing it back to a RB. if the screen pass is thrown forward, it counts as passing yards. those passes to santana moss were thrown backwards. if he had not caught them, they would have been live balls.
some of these answers are bullsh*t. if the pass is thrown FORWARD behind the line of scrimmage, it's a pass, not a run. the line of scrimmage has nothing to do with it. the ball does NOT have to be thrown beyond the line of scrimmage for it to be a pass. it only has to be thrown forward, instead of backward
2006-09-12 13:11:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-23 21:41:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NFL does not count forward screen passes as rushing yardage. Colleges do not count forward screen passes as rushing yards either. As the poster pointed out, a backwards pass to a back is a rushing attempt.
In college, a QB sack is credited towards a QB's rushing yardage. In the NFL, a QB sack is deducted from a QB's gross passing yards.
2006-09-12 07:41:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because a screen pass occurs behind the line of scrimmage. The runner advances the ball beyond the line of scrimmage so it's considered running yardage.
2006-09-12 07:41:27 · answer #4 · answered by Dookiee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the NFL defines a "pass" as a throw that goes beyond the line of scrimmage. Most screen passes, however, never cross the line of scrimmage, thus meaning they're technically laterals as opposed to passes...
2006-09-12 13:02:13 · answer #5 · answered by Elminster 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the passes are thrown BACKWARDS or forward BEHIND the line of scrimmage. A true forward pass MUST cross the line of scrimmage. Otherwise, you're catching a fumble in flight in the backfield, therefore making you a runner, not a receiver.
2006-09-12 07:53:38 · answer #6 · answered by bigvol662004 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you need to double-check that. There's no way the NFL would F up its stat base that badly, as to count a forward pass as a rush.
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2016-04-28 07:25:54 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't unless it is a backwards pass (ie a lateral)
2006-09-12 07:40:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't. Its passing yards
2006-09-12 08:56:00 · answer #10 · answered by sprint772003 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋