forced throw

English

Noun

forced throw (plural forced throws)

1. (American football) A throw to a teammate from the player who is running with the ball in order to avoid being tackled.
   • 2007, Phil Truman, Game: Some Have It, Some Don't, page 102:

     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.

   • 2020 April 24, Ken Belson, Ben Shpigel, “Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis”, in New York Time‎^[1]:

     His film — from last season, especially — also contains instances of lapsed mechanics, forced throws and shaky field vision.