The play was a pass to Amari Cooper and a lateral from Amari Cooper to Josh Allen. How does that qualify as receiving TD? If that is the case, would a 10 yard pass from QB to WR1, who then laterals to WR2 for 25 yards, who then laterals to WR3 for additional yards, who then laterals 3 more times to other players and then the final player carries in for a TD qualify as a receiving TD? Do all the individuals in between get credited for passing yardage?
Josh Allen scored the TD after he completed a pass. Cooper didn't receive any yards for the catch. To the TD scorer goes the yardage and the score on a lateral apparently. That would have been the case on the Kelce to Toney lateral that got called back last year.
In your scenario, the final player would get all the yardage and the TD apparently, no receiving yards for those that don't score but WR1 would get a catch.
I'm not saying I agree with the way they do this, but that's the way it gets tallied.
MonteM - thank you for the reply! I agree with you, that I do not agree on how it's recorded. Does not make sense to me that Cooper would not be awarded the catch and yardage since he in fact, actually made the catch. But I understand why he would not given your explanation. I could not find anything in the official NFL Rulebook relating to which player is awarded a catch and yardage.
DarioSMon 12/2/24 3:02 PM
The play was a pass to Amari Cooper and a lateral from Amari Cooper to Josh Allen. How does that qualify as receiving TD? If that is the case, would a 10 yard pass from QB to WR1, who then laterals to WR2 for 25 yards, who then laterals to WR3 for additional yards, who then laterals 3 more times to other players and then the final player carries in for a TD qualify as a receiving TD? Do all the individuals in between get credited for passing yardage?
MonteMMon 12/2/24 4:17 PM
Josh Allen scored the TD after he completed a pass. Cooper didn't receive any yards for the catch. To the TD scorer goes the yardage and the score on a lateral apparently. That would have been the case on the Kelce to Toney lateral that got called back last year.
In your scenario, the final player would get all the yardage and the TD apparently, no receiving yards for those that don't score but WR1 would get a catch.
I'm not saying I agree with the way they do this, but that's the way it gets tallied.
MonteMMon 12/2/24 4:18 PM
DarioSMon 12/2/24 4:56 PM
MonteM - thank you for the reply! I agree with you, that I do not agree on how it's recorded. Does not make sense to me that Cooper would not be awarded the catch and yardage since he in fact, actually made the catch. But I understand why he would not given your explanation. I could not find anything in the official NFL Rulebook relating to which player is awarded a catch and yardage.
Cheers!
MonteMMon 12/2/24 5:04 PM
Cooper did get awarded a catch and Allen didn't. Allen just got the receiving TD and the yardage. It's a bit crazy.