Backward passes are supposed to be scored as rushing yards not passing yards
Right in the NFL rule book anything after the catch is considered a running play and should there fore be scored rushing yards not passing yards. During last nights 49ers Bears game there was a backwards pass to D'Andre swift and the 9 yards were marked in the stat line as passing yards This is incorrect and cost me $1200
SECTION 22 PENALTY
ARTICLE 1. PENALTY. A penalty is imposed upon a team that has committed a foul and may result in loss of down, loss of
yardage, an automatic first down, a charged timeout, a loss of playing time, withdrawal or disqualification of a player, extension of
a period, the award of a score, or a combination thereof.
ARTICLE 2. LOSS OF DOWN. The phrase loss of down indicates that a team committing a foul will not have the opportunity to
repeat the down after enforcement of any yardage penalty.
SECTION 23 PLAYER
A player is a participant of either team who is in the game.
SECTION 24 PLAYS
ARTICLE 1. FREE KICK PLAY. A free kick play begins with a legal or illegal free kick and ends when a player of either team
establishes possession of the ball, or when the ball is dead by rule. A running play begins when a player of Team B establishes
possession.
ARTICLE 2. PASSING PLAY. A passing play begins with the snap and ends when a forward pass thrown from behind the line
of scrimmage is caught by a player of either team or is incomplete. At the instant that a pass is caught, a running play begins.
ARTICLE 3. RUNNING PLAY. A running play begins in the following situations:
(a) If there is not a subsequent kick or legal or illegal forward pass from behind the line of scrimmage, a running play begins with
the snap.
(b) If there is a legal or illegal forward pass thrown from behind the line of scrimmage, a running play begins when the forward
pass is caught by a player of either team.
(c) If there is a running play followed by an illegal forward pass thrown from beyond the line of scrimmage, or by an illegal forward
pass not from scrimmage, a new running play begins when the pass is caught by a player of either team.
(d) If there is a free kick, a running play begins when Team B establishes possession of the ball.
(e) If there is a scrimmage kick, a running play begins when Team B establishes possession of the ball, or when Team A
establishes possession of a kicked ball behind the line of scrimmage.
(f) If there is a running play followed by a fumble or a backward pass, a new running play begins when a player of either team
establishes possession of the ball.
A running play ends:
(a) When the ball is declared dead;
(b) When a runner loses or relinquishes possession by a fumble or a backward pass; or
(c) When a player of either team throws an illegal forward pass beyond the line of scrimmage or when there is not a line of
scrimmage.
Note: The running play includes the loose ball action before a player gains or regains possession or the ball is declared dead.
ARTICLE 4. SCRIMMAGE KICK PLAY. A scrimmage kick play begins with the snap. It ends when a player of either team
establishes possession of a kicked ball, or when the ball is dead by rule.
ARTICLE 5. FAIR CATCH KICK PLAY. A fair catch kick play begins when the ball is kicked. It ends when a player of either team
establishes possession of the ball, or when the ball is dead by rule.
ARTICLE 6. COMBINATIONS OF PLAYS. There may be a combination of a running play and a passing play, free kick play,
scrimmage kick play, or fair catch kick play during the same down, and there may be more than one running play or scrimmage
kick play during the same down.