5 man scrimmage kick coverage

[l3will]

It was only for non-scoring attempts.

Some of the crews used what I think is also bizarre coverage
on trys and short field goal attempts. They put the umpire
back under the cross-bar with the back judge. Then leave
the linesman and line judge on the line of scrimmage.

In one of the games in which I subbed, "A" lined up in to
attempt what looked like a short field goal. I was the
back judge and the umpire was back with me behind the
other upright. "A" then ran a fake field goal with a
pass over the middle. Sometime during the play one
of the "B" players had his lower leg broken and ended
up about where the holder had been. No one on the
crew saw the contact that caused the broken leg.

I was told in all of the instances where this mechanic
was used that it was more important to cover the goal
line than look for holding in the line.

comments?