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I wasn't trying to say two players constitute a shift. I was just attempting to say it's an illegal shift if one player went in motion before all 11 players were set for a second, or if A1 went in motion then A2 shifted.
Play...Team A goes from the huddle to initial positions. Players shift into a 3-point stance. Everyone remains still for a second. If a player goes in motion and stops (AND the ball is snapped less than a second later) he is considered a man in motion from what I understand from that interpretation.
I see what you're saying though. He really didn't go in "motion" as we think of typical motion, he just went from one place to another (as in a shift) and wasn't set for a second before the snap. It's my understanding this is still illegal motion although your argument is a real good one (and valid I might add). Again, it's my understanding...which doesn't make me right, of course.
The good thing in this is it's 5-yards from the previous spot for both fouls so since everyone can't necessarily agree on the infraction from a technical standpoint, the enforcement is the same.
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