Quote:Yeah I saw that.  I think the NFL is full of it.  I watched that play several times on my DVR now and the OL was definitely set.  It was really just a boom boom kind of play but unless I understand the rule wrong, they don't have to have their hands down.

 

If you can re-watch, say "set" when the line sets and "hike" immediately and you'll see what I mean.  They were set.

Joeckel was late getting set. Not only was he the last person to figure out where to line up was, he then sets himself twice. The second time he sets himself, when he finally decides he doesn't like how high his first set was and decides to squat lower for his second set, should have drawn a flag.

 

He got lucky. You have to have better awareness of the clock than that. I don't know why he thought he had to just stand there out of position and watch the refs place the ball. He's not the center. All he needed to worry about was lining up properly with the guard and trust that he is lining up properly with the center.

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