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CaptainOverthinker t1_j3grsol wrote

He threw it like 10 yards forward lmao how was that a fumble

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ChronWeasely t1_j3gui6p wrote

You can see the ball doesn't have a spiral to it but is just a tumble. He didn't have a grip on the ball as his hand pushed it forward after it had been knocked loose

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Aww_FireTruck t1_j3gz1rn wrote

You would think after watching years of Stafford, Mahomes, Rodgers make sidearm/shovel passes people would recognize their is more than a single way to complete a passes. It’s called a forward pass and the ball went ten yards passed the LOS before being picked up by the Jags. It was a terrible call and sabotaged the Titans season. I say that as a neutral observer.

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Broad_Sunlit_Uplands t1_j3hauqx wrote

That is just objectively a incorrect opinion. It’s not a terrible call, the rules explicitly outline this situation and instances of quarterbacks losing grip and knocking the ball forward happen routinely and are routinely called fumbles. This is not a unique situation and was called in line with precedent and rules.

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TheMooseIsBlue t1_j3h8gy5 wrote

Punching or pushing it forward after it’s knocked out of your hand is not a forward pass.

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PerdHapleyAMA t1_j3h33mj wrote

The difference is he wasn’t gripping the ball. It came loose and then got pushed by his hand. The same has happened to Rodgers multiple times. It’s the definition of a fumble, doesn’t matter if it goes forward.

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mn-ptrick t1_j3hdd4h wrote

Ball was knocked free and not in his control and he tried to bail himself out of a fumble like all QBs do by flinging their arm when they feel that contact. It was like a half throw/ half volleyball spike forward and I would not call that a forward football pass just by the length the ball travelled. No way that is a pass. It wasn’t under his control.

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techieman33 t1_j3h3937 wrote

I think it was a forward pass, but I can see where it could be argued as a fumble. It looked like a lot of that forward motion came from his fingertips hitting the ball after it was well out of his hands. And if he had control of the ball then it would have been long gone before his fingers had a chance to hit it.

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PodOfManyTides OP t1_j3iqxzi wrote

He was pushing it forward without having a grip on it, he lost his grip just before the throwing motion

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