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What is the correct amount of peanut butter & jelly on a PB&J sandwhich?   

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  1. 1. What is the correct amount of peanut butter & jelly on a PB&J sandwhich?

    • 90% PB + 10% Jelly
      4
    • 65% PB + 35% Jelly
      15
    • 50 / 50
      7
    • 35% PB + 65% Jelly
      6
    • 10% PB + 90% Jelly
      1
    • Give me that PB & J...hold the PB please
      0


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2 minutes ago, Jakuvious said:

This isn't that hard, guys. The rule is from where the ball is released, to where it ends up. If he releases the ball at his own 30, and it winds up at his own 31, that is a forward pass by one yard. It doesn't matter if by the time the ball gets to the 31, the player is at the 35.

Seriously. Does anybody want the refs having judgment? It's a good rule. It is objective. Was the ball caught past where it was thrown? If so, forward pass. Easy. No judgment.

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Just now, jrry32 said:

If a player catches it slightly past you, yes.

but it wouldn't be past you necessarily. It would just be past the point you released it from.

And in this case, the second dude was still behind/lateral to Leonard when he caught it. He wasn't ahead of Leonard

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2 minutes ago, DannyB said:

But it's only moving forward (while also moving laterally), because the carrier was running with it. He didn't propel the ball forward at all.

So if a runner could run fast enough to give the ball enough momentum to go forward 50 yards before it hit the ground, could they “drop” it across the field as a lateral that way?

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Just now, DannyB said:

but it wouldn't be past you necessarily. It would just be past the point you released it from.

And in this case, the second dude was still behind/lateral to Leonard when he caught it. He wasn't ahead of Leonard

Is it past the point you released it from? If yes, it's a forward pass. It's a very clear rule. 

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2 minutes ago, DannyB said:

but it wouldn't be past you necessarily. It would just be past the point you released it from.

And in this case, the second dude was still behind/lateral to Leonard when he caught it. He wasn't ahead of Leonard

Why do you think this matters?

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1 minute ago, TXsteeler said:

So if a runner could run fast enough to give the ball enough momentum to go forward 50 yards before it hit the ground, could they “drop” it across the field as a lateral that way?

I mean aside from being unrealistic, I don't know what the rule is. The player is not propelling the ball forward beyond the momentum it has gathered already. I dunno, it's an interesting aspect to the rule. And in this case I still really don't see the guy catching the lateral anywhere beyond Leonard

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4 minutes ago, TXsteeler said:

A still proves nothing

Not saying the call was incorrect based off the way the rules is written. But this just proves the rules need to be rewritten and NFL has to review this. He clearly tossed ball behind him. He did not throw ball forward... momemtum of him falling forward carried that ball.

And had the ball not his the players facemask then the ball would have been released and caught at the 24 the bounce off the facemask posponed him actually catching the lateral. So technically you can throw ball backwards but if ball bounces off a player and goes forward and caught then its considered a forward pass which is ridiculous 

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