Fri Oct 08, 2004, 07:07am
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Originally posted by cmathews
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Originally posted by mcrowder
Jim S - No, of course not. Did you read my post?
We need the exception for the QB to allow him to be there because his natural position behind the center DOES cause him to break the plane of the nearest lineman (the tackle)'s waist. He's halfway on the line, halfway off... so if you had no exception to the rule allowing him to be there, every non-shotgun snap would be illegal.
CMat - I thought we'd hit that one already. When a tackle lines up in a 3 or 4 point stance, his waist is forward from his butt. A snapper's hands would have to be WAY too far forward for comfort for them to be beyond the tackle's waist. I'll look at the tackles in the next game I do tonight, but I also doubt that a QB's feet or head could break the plane of the waist if he lined up in a natural position to "fake" a snap from a tackle.
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forward from his butt yes....but his waiste is most likely behind his heels...and the qb's hands are certainly well ahead of his butt...
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Exactly.
Players don't just bend in half while their legs stay straight like an ostrich. 
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