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Originally Posted by Ragnar
All Cobra was referring to is lining up off sides to begin with. Not moving, not jumping, just getting in your stance offside. He can correct me if I'm wrong.
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Like, I don't ever see that if I'm being honest. That probably happens about as often as an offensive player accidentally lining up on the line of scrimmage when they're supposed to be a yard back. I do see "neutral zone infractions" and I do see guys getting called for having a hand in there, but it's pretty much always because a guy jumped and then didn't jump back far enough. Defensive linemen jump *all the time*, like basically every single play. It's even legal for them to move - where it's not for offensive linemen - so long as they stay on the other side of the neutral zone (or if they get pulled off because an offensive lineman flinched, in which case it's a false start). At that my general sense is that close plays aren't currently called, which seems nice but actually just moves the boundary of what constitutes a "50/50" situation a little further on.