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Originally Posted by ajmc
Sorry Robert, I respectfully disagree with your assessment. NF: 7.2.7 clearly suggests that it's a player's starting position that determines whether, or not, he has to meet the requirement for being 5 yards behind the line at the snap.
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ajmc, I respectfully disagree with you assessment. NF: 7.2.3 does not suggest, it
states " Of the players of A who
are not on the line
at the snap only one may penetrate the waistline ...".
With that said, I would answer illegal formation on any test with this question. But from practical point in a game, I probably would not flag this action. As a wing man, I would punch him off the line with his original position and would hold that signal until his moves inside the end or the snap. Everyone (Defensive players, other officials, coaches, fan ...) recognizes him as a back. I would hope I am not that technical