Originally posted by LionsLover
Anything outside the pocket. If he could throw it out of bounds without penalty in the NFL, or if he crosses the line of scrimmage it's demoralizing.
I'd say that any positive play outside the pocket would qualify, yes. However I don't think QB runs have to be outside the pocket. The description of Demoralize says
"After any QB rush or pass from outside the pocket, the defense will lose additional morale."
I read the rule as:
1) After *any* QB rush
or
2) pass *from outside the pocket,*
the defense will lose additional morale.
I want to assume that if your QB dropped back to pass, then found everyone covered while the D-line was getting a little too deep and stepped up in the pocket, tucked the ball and picked up a first down running up the middle he'd demoralize the opponent just as much as if he had run to the outside to pick it up. Both are examples of a scrambler making the kind of plays he specializes in, no sense one should get a bonus and the other not if they both are scrambles and in the scrambler tree.
