DLine Shift causing false start is a DLine penalty now

So much like touching the defensive player when they jump the OL will now react to a shift on purpose. Genius lmao

LSU will definitely get a few of those this season
Kiffin gonna exploit this rule

Essentially Defensive Line shifts are banned now in the SEC. Smart offensive lines will all move every single time a defense player shifts.

Its crazy

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This is stupid AF

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Disagree completely.

No matter what BS a coach may say, the ONLY reason for that sudden and coordinated shift if to draw a penalty against the OL. The OL gets put in a spot where even the slightest of flinches could be called a penalty and the DL does that to try to create a flinch. It's chicken shite. Just like in basketball where you have guys stick out their leg on a shot, or flop, or initiate contact solely to draw a foul rather than try to execute the play, I don't like when teams do things for the sole purposes of drawing a penalty.

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If it wasn't a rule last year, why the hell would they have thrown defensive delay of game penalties last year...?

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It was called under the category of "disconcerting signals" because the defense would shout something similar to the cadence of the QB to signal the shift. The only problem is the refs were inconsistent in calling it.

It shouldn’t be a pentalty in the defense if the oline flinches. Once they set for snap, they know not to move. Why should defenses get penalized for their mistakes?

Oline can easily move now off any little shift or twitch from the DLine and this rule can be manipulated

The exact same thing but it was called "disconcerting signals", which was any attempt to draw the offense into a false start by simulating anything that could result in them to snap the ball.

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Last year you could shift so long as your only motion was side to side. We got called for guys shifting with extra motion to try to look like they were starting the play or guys clapping during the shift.

Now if teh DL shifts at all (even just side to side), and OL goes offsides, the penalty is on the defense.

I assume we just won't see any DL shifting this year because it will be an automatic 5 yards for the offense since every OL in the country will be taugh to jump if the DL moves.

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So an individual player can still shite, it just can't be the entire DLine in unison?

If I'm OC, I change the strong side every play.

So every time a dline shifts, an olineman can be instructed to jump….equals a penalty on the defense.


Seems about right…wtf

Just ripe for abuse and stupid refs falling for it.