Fed: shifts involving potential snapper

[bisonlj]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

"Anyone not obviously a back or end"? So the burden is on players of A to show they're not interior line players?

Just trying to say that if all 7 players went into a 3-point stance (except the one over the ball) and then everyone shifted, technically nobody has established as a lineman because nobody has established themselves as a snapper. This goes along the line of the mantra of a team had better be 100% clean if they are going to try any trick plays. If a guy is lined up 5 yards behind the LOS in a 3-point stance and he shifts in this situation or a guy may or may not be on the line but he's an end if he is on the line and he shifts in this situation I'm not going to worry about it. But if someone is in a position where he would likely be a lineman if the player over the ball places his hands on the ball and he's in a 3-point stance then I'm going to be a lot more critical of his actions.