FB false starts

[TROGDOR]

Is there some rule i don't know about where the fullback can start motioning before the ball is snapped?

I saw at least a half dozen plays yesterday where the foreskin FB took a step before the snap and not a single false start was called.

[IronEagle]

Is there some rule i don't know about where the fullback can start motioning before the ball is snapped?

I saw at least a half dozen plays yesterday where the foreskin FB took a step before the snap and not a single false start was called.

Isn't the rule supposed to be only one guy in motion and only parallel to the line of scrimmage? I'm no officiating expert so I might have it wrong but that's the way I always understood it.

[TROGDOR]

I guess that has to be it? It just didn't look right to my eyes watching a blocker get a step before everyone else.

[TRENT]

yes sir you are Right

Isn't the rule supposed to be only one guy in motion and only parallel to the line of scrimmage? I'm no officiating expert so I might have it wrong but that's the way I always understood it.

and from what I know you have to set 1st,,for so many seconds before the motion

[Dan Drives a Van]

I think players who are 'set' back from the line of scrimmage are allowed to move forward. My understanding is that at least 6 or 7 players are required to be 'set' AT the line of scrimmage and unable to move forwards - typically the 5 lineman and often a TE and one WR.

Players who are not 'set' at the line of scrimmage have more freedom of motion.

...I think.

[Sugar12]

Any offensive player who is not on the line of scrimmage is allowed to change positions in this way, meaning that running backs, the quarterback and, in some cases, wide receivers and tight ends are allowed to move under the NFL Rules for "Man in Motion." They must arrive at their new destination and be set for one for second before the snap.

Read more : http://www.ehow.com/facts_4794016_nf...an-motion.html