Re: billick calls out mangini\'s jets for cheating
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Billick accused them of illegally simulating snap counts to draw the offense offsides.
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Can someone help out a casual football fan here? What does simulating a snap count mean?
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Its defensive players yelling "hut" or something like it in an attempt to make offensive players think the QB is yelling it, which would then lead them to false start.
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These seems bush league, but I'm surprised there's a rule against it. Why can't the offense be responsible for looking to see if the ball is actually snapped instead of jumping at the first "hut" they hear? I'm sure that a few judisciously applied cut blocks on defenders that try this stuff might work.
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It isn't baseball. If football players are left to sort out their own unwritten rules there will be no one left to play after ever everyone is out for the season with knee injuries.
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