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We had one last night along these lines. We had a back start to move, then reset. (no foul) And then we had a wideout move prior to the snap(IM). We let the play go and came back to have IM. As R, I didn't see the wideout move. At first, I thought the wing had IM on the back, but I told him he could reset. We ended up with IM. These types of situations need to be discussed more and we have done a better job on these in our pregame. I got into a discussion with another official from another crew and he thinks a back moving is a false start and I said that it is only if the motion is really jerky and is causing movement into the neutral zone by B. As noticed in this thread, it is a gray area and I don't think it has to be. I have no problem bringing back a long play if we had motion because, frankly, it is not a "great" play if it had a foul in it.
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