Excuse my ignorance, but what’s up with this? I don’t recall seeing it before last weekend. Half a second before the snap, an offensive lineman rapidly points forward.
Two questions:
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Is there an exception under the false start rules that makes this OK?
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Why are they doing it? To try to make the defense jump?
In past seasons, that would have been an illegal procedure call - it would seem so - pointing is movement - you’re not supposed to be able to move on the line, before the ball is snapped.
It’s been done for a very long time.