![]() ![]() Without the touchdown “pass” to Gurley, Goff would fall from 15th place to 20th in Week 1 fantasy scoring, right behind Blake Bortles. Here are the QBs most likely to benefit from this silly permutation of football legalese. We can’t change the rules, which state that a play is a forward pass if “the ball initially moves forward (to a point nearer the opponent’s goal line) after leaving the passer’s hand(s).” What we can do-for fantasy purposes-is change how we value players that may benefit from this loophole. If Sean McVay and Andy Reid, two of the most respected ( and imitated) offensive coaches in the NFL, have already adopted quick flips with great success, it could quickly spread around the copycat league. ![]() This is fantasy anarchy, and it’s likely going to get worse. Remove his two glorified handoffs, and he’d drop down to 20.3 fantasy points and be the 10th-highest-scoring quarterback of the week. He finished with 28.3 fantasy points, good for the fourth-highest score among quarterbacks in Week 1. Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes II benefited from the same technicality twice on Sunday and finished with “four” passing touchdowns (two of which combined for 94 yards, while the other two combined for 9.4 inches). James Harrison’s fear that football will hand out participation trophies is finally coming to fruition. Todd Gurley earned one point in PPR leagues for this “catch,” and Jared Goff earned four points for a passing touchdown plus the 19 yards (and 0.76 points) Gurley picked up on the ground even though the throw (flick?) traveled maybe the length of your laptop. More importantly, it wreaked havoc on fantasy football. It’s extremely misleading when looking at the box score-nobody watching that live thought, Gosh, what a pristine throw from Jared Goff. For all intents and purposes, this is a handoff, yet it officially counted as a pass. ![]()
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