[Granny Bear]

If the screen pass was thrown backwards meaning that the receiver caught the ball behind the yard line where the qb threw the ball then it was legal. If not then you got an illegal forward pass. Pass behind los has nothing to do with it. Only if it was forward or backward. If first pass was forward it was illegal and if the first pass was backward the play was legal. On the 1st and 9 deal, the was probably more of a chain issue than referee issue. You dont have to be an official to understand every change of possession starts with 1st and 10 unless the drive starts at the 10 or in and in that case its 1st and goal. It's possible have 1st and 9 if the 1st play you had a holding call 1 yard beyond the 1st down marker. You would move them back 10 yards from the spot and replay the down. Is that what happened?

No sweetheart. They threw two forward passes in two different plays. The reason I mentioned the LOS is that's how the ref explained it. According to the, it is always lateral if the pass is caught behind the LOS. It's funny to me now, but I was foaming at the mouth during the game! nicker: