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Dunno, when i watch replay Wilson clearly pitches ball backwards. Isnt that then considered a lateral , not a forward pass? I wonder if it would have been over turned?
It probably would have been overturned based on the point of release and the point at which the ball was caught.
Depends on how you interpret 'letter and spirit.'
the pitch was backward if you take into consideration the two MOVING elements (Wilson and Davis)
the pitch was forward if you only take into consideration the non moving elements (the yard markers).
And just because I can't help it, let's play Jaden Smith or Neil deGrass Tyson.
"Sometimes I wonder if common sense is actually uncommon in the land. Maybe it's a rare commodity to be cultivated & cherished."
"We need to stop teaching the youth about the past and encourage them to change the future."
Good luck.
If wilson hadnt stopped and kept running ya it would look even more like a backward pass. However, it did in fact travel forward.
by the letter of the law in the NFL Rule book yeah it was a forward pass. Had it been challenged it would have been over turned and the Hawks punt. But the thing is it looked so very much legal when it happened it allowed the Hawks to get off the next play.
No matter who you are, when you saw that play you were like Yep that went backwards lol. You saw the slow motion and said oh uh wait a minute thats real close but was it or wasn't It ? then we had to see it a couple times and by then the next play was started. So in the stats book it goes as a lateral and that's how it will now live on in History. Bout time we caught a break this season, i mean think about it lol.