football question

[marty50]

so if in a football game, it is 3rd and 40 and a reception is made for 20 yards.

does the reception count as a 20 yard reception in the game book for the reciever and the qb?

even though the team is 10 yards short from the line of scrimmage and 20 yards short from a first down.

how is it recorded in the books for the recievers and qb?

 

[DukeSkywalker]

20 yards. the way they lost the yards go as negative.

 

[marty50]

so you say the game record keeper records it as a 1 reception for the reciever, but he gets a -20 yards in the game log book. so 1 reception for -20 yards.

 

[Shaniac]

no the play they lost yards on is the one that gets negative stats

 

[marty50]

so then the game record keeper counts this as 1 reception for 20 yards in his game log book?

im confused since its behind the line of scrimmage tht he gets these yards.

yes, i understand the intial play that made them lose the 30 yards from scrimmage goes negative.

but they are still behind the scrimmage and the reciever is gonna get 1 reception for 20 posiitve yards in the game record keepers log book.

wowaaa, strange.

i hope i got this right, maybe???

 

[savage]

where did you get that scenirio at ?

 

[savage]

if it's 3rd and 40 and the receiver only gets 20 of that 40, they're on 4th and 10. no positive yards = no yards counted.

 

[Chree]

They would get -30(for penalties or loss of yards) then +20, so a total of -10 for that particular drive

 

[savage]

who ever it was fucked up. should have gotten the 1st! get at least +1 yard lol

 

[marty50]

i dont care what the team gets, but i want to know what the receiver gets for taht play.

so far im getting he gets 1 reception for postive +20 yards from the game record keeper



if it's 3rd and 40 and the receiver only gets 20 of that 40, they're on 4th and 10. no positive yards = no yards counted.

no they on 4th and 20, i understand no postive yards for the team.

but the wr gets 1 recepton for postive +20 yards on that 3rd down.

i forgot i saw it in a game, but they didnt say if the receiver got credit for the 1 reception or if he got the 20 yards for the play.

that is why im asking, cuz im not sure.
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[savage]

holy fuck i'm going to have to try to answer this when i'm 100% sober. maybe someone else is sober on here right now that'll answer this more accuratly lol i'm just confusing my self trying to make sense of your question. lol

 

[Chree]

If its a penalty, the ball goes back, and no player loses yards for it, its a penalty, but lets say the quarterback has a Aaron Brooks type throw, and throws it backwards, and they lose 30 yards on the play,whoever recovered the ball on the offense is deducted 30 yards. So if the quarterback then throws for 20 yards, then he gets +20 (for a net total of -10 yards on the drive), the reciever gets 20 yards and a reception.



So it really depends on the situation, If Quarterback scrambles backwards that far, its -30 rushing yards, if he throws it backwards, then the recovering player gets -30 rush yards (because its not a completion, it would be considered a lateral)

 

[Meta4iCAL]

yeah, the receiver still gets positive yards for his individual stats

 

[DubbC415]

Receiver gets a 20 yard catch. Yardage is counted play by play, whether it's positive or negative. Regardless of where they are on the field, what down it is, whatever, on that play the qb and wr would be awarded 20 yards.

 

[Lamberto Quintero]

He gets one reception for twenty yards.

Edit: Damn everyone beat me to it.

 

[savage]

blah

 

[marty50]

finally, cool, so the reciver get 1 reception for 20 yards, EVEN THO, he got those +20 yards behind the line of scrimmage.

wowooa, interesting. strange, but interesting, indeed.

 

[DubbC415]

Total yardage is cumulative, it all gets added up during the game. So a team could have only 80 yards rushing overall, with a rb who had 100, all because the qb had -20 yards overall.

 

[savage]

yes it is interesting. i seem to remember an 80's Falcons RB shooting for 2,000 rush yards in one season and achieving that and losing that in one game. are rush yards and receiving yards that different?

 

[DubbC415]

^^^different how?