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I’ve got no dog in this hunt, but that is an absolutely terrible rule if it is in fact a rule. I mean, no **** that Goff’s intent was to throw the ball forward before getting wrecked by Young, but that doesn’t have anything to do with what actually happened. At no point was the ball ever moving forward before or after the ball came loose, and that is all that should matter
 
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It’s in the rule book and has been. Happened to the 49ers a couple of years ago. It’s a BS rule.

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I think my issue is how they're defining “throwing motion”. In the past, it has always been once the QB’s arm has started to move forward. In this case, I don’t think Goff’s arm ever started forward, and he had only cocked it back prior to getting hit.

If that’s a throwing motion, then they’ve incorrectly allowed a whole lot of fumbles over the years
 
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Sounds like the spirit of that rule is grounding situations, not fumbles. Using that rule to wipe away a backwards pass fumble is ridiculous imo. How many advantages does the offense need?
It sounds like a rule that was put in there because of one specific situation that caused a discussion.
 
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