Tony McRae....offsides

[*bengalfan74*]

(10-01-2018, 10:42 AM)Tomkat Wrote: Just watched this highlight...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylmcV5IwefM#t=10m43s

I'm sorry, but...
The refs blew that call.  McRae timed it, PERFECTLY.
He moves at the exact INSTANT the ball does, and is not across the line of scrimmage until the ball (circled in red)
is well on its way...





Just because a defense player MOVES before (or simultaneously with) the snap, does NOT mean they are offsides.
I know this seems like nit-picking, but I umpire baseball and softball, and one thing I HATE is when officials "assume" or "guess!"

*mods - please delete my other thread with this same post.

This is what I thought, just an extremely well timed jump. The refs just assumed he was offsides because he was moving exactly at the snap. It's probably one of those calls that could go either way but you see it not called all the time. Unless it's blaring obvious he was across the line.

Glenn has a habit of moving out to block right at or even before the snap. There were a couple non calls that were awful close to false starts.