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[CWIG]

Awesome play! I don't know where this game was played, but I'm not a big fan of the mechanics. It appears to be 6-man mechanics. I see a HL and a SJ but not a BJ. My question is why do the HL and SJ start in at the numbers? The SJ is forced to go backward, and then down the sideline for this play. That's alot of movement. Is this a standard mechanic in that area? And the HL appears to be just wandering around in the middle of the field!

[JugglingReferee]

If this video is the one where the dude catches the ball while airborne, and complete a backwards pass back into the EZ, then yes, the officials were using the correct mechanics for their state.

Source: refstripes.com

[Forksref]

Whether these mechanics are approved or not, they are horrible.

The deep official spends time backing up to the sideline instead of going downfield. When the TE leaps from near the endline, by the time the official gets to the endline, the receiver has already made his play so I don't know how he can tell if the receiver was stepping on the endline or not.

This mechanic of starting at the numbers and then backing up negates the purpose of the deep official giving sound deep coverage. That backing up is totally wasted effort and time. Plus, we always want to have as wide an angle as possible to keep everything in front of us.