A rise in offensive shifts designed to make the defense encroach.

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Tue Oct 09, 2012, 05:27pm

Robert Goodman Robert Goodman is offline

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NFL started with the same language as NCAA on this, but NFL has an approved ruling that says in some cases a ruling of false start does depend on whether the opposing team is drawn offside.

If an official is unsure whether a movement by team A tended to cause team B to encroach, why couldn't the official take the fact of encroachment as evidence to help determine that?

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