Illegal motion

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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.

No need to unnecessarily complicate things, the fact is there is no such place as "no man's land". The covering official is the sole decision maker whether the player is on the line, or he is not. Life is a lot simpler if you limit your options to "yes" or "no" and forget about "Maybe".