This is for you rules/stats gurus. If defensive player "intercepts a "lateral" is he credited with a "pass" interception or with a fumble caused and recovered?
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- Thread starter Missouri Kid
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not sure on the history of how it is done but i would make the argument that since a lateral is not a forward pass it cannot be an interception, therefore it would have to be a fumble being the definition of fumble is when a player who has possession and control of the ball loses it before being downed, scoring, or going out of bounds.
But that backward pass does not count as a pass attempted for the QB. It is a handoff to a RB/WR
it would be a fumble and then a fumble recovery. A backwards pass is a live ball.
