[Jim S]

Originally Posted by mbyron

I agree with everything here except this. The two steps thing is puzzling: that's not in the rule. I agree it's illegal motion, but the ruling has nothing to do with how many steps he took: it's because he's a back in motion and the motion is toward the LOS.

This was actually one of the plays of the day last week. The ruling quoted was that when a QB is not set before the snap after taking one step as part of his shift the foul should be illegal shift. When he takes more than one step he is in motion and the foul is illegal motion. Not that it makes any difference in enforcement.