forced throw
noun1
American football, Ball games, Football, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A throw to a teammate from the player who is running with the ball in order to avoid being tackled.
- As he'd promised, Donny Doyle had been in the Bucks quarterback's face all day, except for the time he'd dropped to cover the running back and made a clean pick of Franks' forced throw.2007, Phil Truman, Game: Some Have It, Some Don't, page 102:
- His film — from last season, especially — also contains instances of lapsed mechanics, forced throws and shaky field vision.2020 April 23, Ken Belson, Ben Shpigel, “Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2020: