Ravens Lineman Jumped Offsides On Jackson's TD

[BFritz21]

(09-23-2021, 10:36 AM)JS-Steelerfan Wrote: From the initial angle it definitely looks like a false start.  But you can’t see the center’s hands on that angle. The lineman clearly moves before we see the ball, but we can’t see when the ball starts moving.  

Watch that same video through to the replay (0:23), which is from the angle the ref would have had.  You can see the center’s hands in this one.  You’ll see that it’s MUCH closer than what the initial angle shows.  From that angle, it’s not at all an obvious false start.  

It's not AS OBVIOUS to us, but a ref's eye is trained to see any movement, no matter how close, and react by throwing a flag.

In fact, the fact that it's so close would actually make the ref throw the flag more because he'd react in a split second by throwing the flag when the player moved before the ball.