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My Own Theory
I think the Umpire should be able to give some assistance on this type of play (especially with four or five man mechanics). My reason: the U is already at the line of scrimmage and it is just a matter or looking to see if the QB is beyond you or not. The R is in a terrible spot to try to make that call because hs is trailing the play. In a five man crew, oftentimes, the HL will be caught downfield and can't get back to check on where the QB was when the pass was thrown and also officiate action downfield.
I am not familiar with six-man mechanics so I don't know who is supposed to have responsibility for this.
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