Martinez offsides on Marlowe reverse

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Ronznotes

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Check out the reverse out of the RexCat - Martinez's foot is clearly offsides at the beginning of the play. Lines up offsides by almost a full foot.

 
Since the picture I hyperlinked to got deleted, I'm just going to leave this here:

DEY TOOK OUR JERBS!

 
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As stated, if the side judge says he's fine, he's fine. If he didn't check with the side judge, and he was THAT far offsides, he would have called it easily since he's standing right next to him.

 
Like everybody else said the side judge has the final word. But not having seen the picture there are two other things that you have to considered. The black line on TV is not official for the LOS and centers typically move the ball when they are getting set, sometimes a foot or more from where it originally started at in either direction.

 
Look at the line judge. He is supposed to straddle the line of scrimmage. You can easily see that his body center is to the left of the 40 yard line - in fact, his left foot is nearly on it. Martinez is lined up right on the line, not across it, as you can tell when you pause it at 2:17.

He is clearly not offside.

But, as has been mentioned umpteen times already, all Martinez had to do is to check with the line judge. If he does, and the LJ says he's OK, then he's not offside.

 
knapplc said:
Look at the line judge. He is supposed to straddle the line of scrimmage. You can easily see that his body center is to the left of the 40 yard line - in fact, his left foot is nearly on it. Martinez is lined up right on the line, not across it, as you can tell when you pause it at 2:17.

He is clearly not offside.

But, as has been mentioned umpteen times already, all Martinez had to do is to check with the line judge. If he does, and the LJ says he's OK, then he's not offside.
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I think a lot of people are thrown off by the LOS graphic

 
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