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From the NFL Rulebook:

Originally posted by
Intentional Grounding of Forward Pass

1. Intentional grounding of a forward pass is a foul: loss of down and 10 yards from previous spot if passer is in the field of play or loss of down at the spot of the foul if it occurs more than 10 yards behind the line or safety if passer is in his own end zone when ball is released.
2. Intentional grounding will be called when a passer, facing an imminent loss of yardage due to pressure from the defense, throws a forward pass without a realistic chance of completion.
3. Intentional grounding will not be called when a passer, while out of the pocket and facing an imminent loss of yardage, throws a pass that lands at or beyond the line of scrimmage, even if no offensive player(s) have a realistic chance to catch the ball (including if the ball lands out of bounds over the sideline or end line).

However, since we don't have scrambling and throwing it away or throwing it away in bounds, it should be very easy to implement. I think what I said in the original post would work and might encourage QBs to change tactics in some situations.

Originally posted by billsrule83
intentional grounding is very subjective, very hard thing to code. If added, needs to be something Bort adds on the back burner

no, its actually quite easy. When a QB throws the ball away, the code has an instance that says "I"M THROWING THE BALL AWAY" and it shows up as [thrown away] in the pbp. All that needs to be done, is have a little bit of code saying if the ball is thrown away and the QB is inside the tackle box or the ball doesn't cross the line of scrimmage, its intentional grounding. Fairly simple.

Originally posted by erwin
but he threw it passed the LOS therefore cannot be intentional grounding

yes but was he in the pocket?

Originally posted by bkardane11
Originally posted by erwin

but he threw it passed the LOS therefore cannot be intentional grounding

yes but was he in the pocket?

Yea, passing it past the LOS only matters if you are outside the pocket. If you are inside the pocket, it doesn't matter where you pass...if it's not close to a receiver, it's intentional grounding.

This is a direct gameplay issue, and since it's as simple as two if/then statements, I'm moving it to Epic.

Originally posted by amace
Originally posted by billsrule83

intentional grounding is very subjective, very hard thing to code. If added, needs to be something Bort adds on the back burner

no, its actually quite easy. When a QB throws the ball away, the code has an instance that says "I"M THROWING THE BALL AWAY" and it shows up as [thrown away] in the pbp. All that needs to be done, is have a little bit of code saying if the ball is thrown away and the QB is inside the tackle box or the ball doesn't cross the line of scrimmage, its intentional grounding. Fairly simple.

Yes this is a long time ago, but it does say when the ball is thrown away.