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Offensive linemen pointing suddenly before the snap (alien.top)
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Excuse my ignorance, but what's up with this? I don't recall seeing it before last weekend. Half a second before the snap, an offensive lineman rapidly points forward.

Two questions:

  1. Is there an exception under the false start rules that makes this OK?

  2. Why are they doing it? To try to make the defense jump?

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[–] WilliamBoost@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

The NFL hasn't enforced false starts since Peyton Manning brought all the movement into fashion. I don't think there was a single play in a ten years that Jeff Saturday didn't move something other than the ball before the snap. It's been absurd ever since.