Illegal motion

[With_Two_Flakes]

Originally Posted by jTheUmp

I tend to give the benefit of the doubt to putting the receiver in the 'legal' position if they're in "No Man's Land"... that is, if they're in a position that could be conceivably on the LOS or off the LOS, then I'd consider them to be off the LOS if they're potentially covering up another eligible receiver, and on the LOS if they need to be for the formation to be legal.

Exactly!! I have never in 24 years flagged someone for being in No-Mans Land. I try to look at the eligibles coming to my side as they break the huddle and figure out who is gonna be on/off before they even get to the line.

Especially at the lower levels of play or on a terrible field, I can move myself a few inches to one side or the other to make a player legal, be it a question of receivers on/off the line, a D lineman lined up an inch in the NZ, etc.