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Originally Posted by TXMike
It could be done legally but would require that there be 5 players numbered 50 - 79 on the LOS and would also require the shift be done legally, i.e. smoothly (not simulating the start of the snap) and that the "guard" not have been "locked in" yet by putting his hand down or near the ground. There are a lot of moving parts and considerations if they want to do this legally. What would be the intent behind it anyway?
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Probably to confuse the defense as to where the snap was going, but it'd have to be described more fully. What you have to do is shift the guard in such a way that the defense thinks he's just adjusting his feet, and he then reaches to his side and under center for the snap. He has to fix it so his head was initially just barely breaking the plane of the snapper's waist, and then after the shift no longer does so and puts the slightest bit of daylight between his foremost point and the nearest lineman, who would almost certainly be the snapper. The provision allowing linemen to lock legs with the snapper aids this deception.
Robert