forced throw

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English

Noun

forced throw (plural forced throws)

  1. (American football) A throw to a teammate from the player who is running with the ball in order to avoid being tackled.
    • 2007, Phil Truman, Game: Some Have It, Some Don't, page 102:
      As he'd promised, Donny Doyle had been in the Bucks quarterback's face all day, except for the time he'd dropped to cover the running back and made a clean pick of Franks' forced throw.
    • 2020 April 24, Ken Belson, Ben Shpigel, “Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis”, in New York Time:
      His film — from last season, especially — also contains instances of lapsed mechanics, forced throws and shaky field vision.