Intercepted Option pitches

[Skyboxer]

Quote: Originally Posted by nd2727

Some teams will assign a DE or LB to tackle the pitch man on every option play. If the pitch is poorly timed, the defender has a shot at picking it off. I saw it happen in HS. I believe it is ruled a fumble as long as the ball is not pitched forward.

Yeah it's always a fumble if the ball isn't going forward.

[Pogo27]

Quote: Originally Posted by Skyboxer

I've had 1 maybe 2 "picked off" in 1 and half years of dynasty. I just don't pitch it if it's covered...

You would think this would be as obvious (if not moreso) than "don't throw into coverage." Now, real interceptions are going to happen either way. Sometimes you don't see a safety, sometimes a Dback makes a great play, and as the QB, you're trying to scan the whole field, so it's easy to misread coverage. But on a pitch... imagine if on a pass play you only had ONE receiver. He was either open or not. If he's wide open throw, if not, don't. Same rule applies to running the option.

Quote: Originally Posted by Schreck

I did it against a friend in a ranked game when the goofball tried to pitch with 2 guys in front of his hb. Laughed my a-word off all the way to the end zone. In junior high a little runt on our team bursted through the oline and literally took the handoff out of the qb's hands before the running back got to it on a dive play, to this day one of the coolest plays I've seen, even if it was junior high.

ROFL. This sounds epik.

[ACardAttack]

my cpu controlled defender picked off one against the computer, it was awesome.

[LucianoJJ]

I guess for all the picks I throw, it's totally understandable I would get picked on an option. But I managed to pick off an option from the CPU. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then. Thanks for the feedback.

[IlluminatusUIUC]

Quote: Originally Posted by HuskAir

PS. I have seen it once, don't remember the game.

There was a game a year or two ago where Colorado stole Nebraska's pitch on a fake field goal and took it for a TD. Is that what you were thinking of?