Kasay: Can a Kicker Re-set?

[bossman72]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

It's an advantage for the kicker by being able to get the kick off sooner and/or with more force, so sure it should be flagged.

No. This commonly happens when the kicker expects the ball to be snapped and the snapper doesn't snap the ball right away... So the kicker "stutter steps" forward (like Kasay did) in anticipation of the late snap. It's actually a DISadvantage


But yes, I've seen this happen a couple times in my lifetime where the kicker "stutters" before he starts. I always wondered if this was illegal/forward motion or a false start... but it was never called.