Slots going in motion...NHSF

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Working a JV game last night with 3 officials I don't really know. I was the white hat.

Swinging gate try after TD. Right end on the line of scrimmage, alone and wide, before the snap, started shuffling to his left before the snap. It appeared he was on the line of scrimmage. Not my determination to make, obviously. No flag down. Nobody said anything.

But my understanding is that this was not legal motion provided he was on the line as he did not establish himself as a back for a full second before going into motion OR go five yards behind the line during his motion.

But was he still in motion (heh, oxymoron, "still in motion") when the ball was snapped?

I don't know how as R in a 4 man crew you'd've had a good enough view to tell if someone was on the line of scrimmage, so you probably saw it wrong. The way most teams run swinging gate, aside from the snapper they have a "bunch" split to one side, rather than a solo split end. The snapper is a split end if they snap before they shift.

Robert