re: Legal Pass?

More about illegal passes than you want to know, but here goes.

Ruling - legal pass

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ARTICLE 2. A forward pass is illegal: a. If thrown by a Team A player whose entire body is beyond the neutral zone when he releases the ball

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In addition, if at any time the ball is carried beyond the NZ, any forward pass during the down is illegal.

Enforcement - 5 yds from spot of the foul and loss of down

You get "credit" for the run yardage before the illegal pass; otherwise, the runner can make a 30 yd run and, in the attempt to make a backward pass (lateral), commit the foul and lose the legal yardage.

There's a lot more in the illegal pass rule, but those are applicable to this example.