These plays are no less legitimate than any other play, they may be gimmicky but they're completely legal and it's up to the defense to know that. I know that SeeBass went off about these types of plays in the funny picture thread, and while I get his point and respect it, I've got a pretty similar resume to his in the game and don't have a problem with these plays at all. Once the ref sets the ball and the center gets over it any movement of it means things are live. We drilled stupid little things like this in practice, even just in one on one type drills, so that you went at any movement of that ball. One thing I do agree with is that the guy taking the ball here is setup for injury if anyone actually figures it out and blows him up, but I guess that's the risk to the reward of an easy score.
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