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Originally posted by ABoselli
False start in both cases.
Whether he was in the NZ doesn't matter, because he feigned the start of the play, which whether he's 8 yards off the line or right on it, is a false start, dead ball penalty.
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Isn't 'feigning' more or less sudden movement without the intention of actually leaving? Simplified & Illustrated page 59, 7-1-7a states, "Jerky movements which simulate the beginning of the down or acts clearly intended to cause B to encroach are false starts."
In the above examples the receiver is definitely leaving early with no intentions of 'feigning'. Is this splitting hairs and am I reading too much into the rule?
False starts, feigning, would be a dead ball foul. But could it also be interpreted as an illegal motion/shift? This is where I get confused by the language of the rules relating to each.