DOLPHINS: Paint drying (WAS: Re: week 3)

[ldouglas at gmail.com]

it happened last season and people were pissed that it wasn't called a fumble.

On 8/27/08, Mark Clark <clark.m.s at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Randy Salas
> <rasalas at startribune.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> "Muffed snap: It will now be a live ball when a direct snap from center to
>> a player who is in position to receive a hand-to-hand snap goes untouched.
>> It was previously called a false start, but now either team may recover
>> and
>> advance the untouched snap."
>>
>> Whatever the term, the new rule affects plays in which the QB (or other
>> player?) gets the ball directly from the center, while standing under the
>> center. If the center releases the ball but the QB never touches it, it's
>> a
>> live ball. That used to be a false start.
>>
>>
> I understand what they're saying, I just don't recall ever seeing that ever
> happen. Ever.
> Anytime the ball has ever left the center's hands, as long as the play
> didn't already get whistled dead for a completely different reason (someone
> moved before the ball, or receivers didn't set, etc.), it was a live ball. I
> don't ever remember seeing a play where the ball was the first thing to
> move, and it got called a false start. Even if the QB is off to the side
> yelling an audible, it was still a live ball.
> That's why I asked when a "muffed snap" was ever a false start, because I
> don't recall it ever being one.
>
>
> Mark
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