Wasnt there a rule that on a forward pass, it cant touch 2 offensive players before being caught? A defender had to touch it?
Did they get rid of this and I forgot?
I ask because of the TD that bounced from one Steeler to another. I thought that used to be illegal?
offensive players touching the ball in succession
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StillMadAtSlobber wrote:Wasnt there a rule that on a pass, it cant touch 2 offensive players before being caught? A defender had to touch it?
Did they get rid of this and I forgot?
I ask because of the TD that bounced from one Steeler to another. I thought that used to be illegal?
I don't know about that rule, but the ball bounced off at least one defender before Rogers caught it - I'm not even sure if Coates actually touched it
I think that's if the ball deflects off an ineligible receiver (o line).
Pretty sure they got rid of that rule. However, that rule was at issue for the immaculate reception.
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Zeke5123 wrote:Pretty sure they got rid of that rule. However, that rule was at issue for the immaculate reception.
Exactly. Its why the Raiders bitch about it going off of Frenchy not Tatum
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Zeke5123 wrote:Pretty sure they got rid of that rule. However, that rule was at issue for the immaculate reception.
Yeah, you guys must be really old.
That was the rule back in the Immaulate Reception days, but it was changed, I believe during that decade.-
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OK, they scrapped it in 1978.
From wiki on the Immaculate Reception:
From wiki on the Immaculate Reception:
For the 1978 NFL season, the rule in question regarding the forward pass was repealed. There are no longer any restrictions on any deflections of passes, and a future play that mirrored the Immaculate Reception would simply be an extraordinary but legal reception. Whether a future Franco Harris would have been ruled as catching such a deflected football before it struck the turf is a different matter, thanks to myriad cameras and use of instant replay that is part of the present-day NFL.
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StillMadAtSlobber wrote:OK, they scrapped it in 1978.
From wiki on the Immaculate Reception:For the 1978 NFL season, the rule in question regarding the forward pass was repealed. There are no longer any restrictions on any deflections of passes, and a future play that mirrored the Immaculate Reception would simply be an extraordinary but legal reception. Whether a future Franco Harris would have been ruled as catching such a deflected football before it struck the turf is a different matter, thanks to myriad cameras and use of instant replay that is part of the present-day NFL.
Haha, I know us Steelers fans like to relive the olden days and all...but damn.
