12-02-2015, 11:15 AM
(12-01-2015, 04:46 PM)Boston Card link Wrote:You are correct. I think the issue is the two ends who can catch passes must be at the line of scrimmage, and the four backs who can catch a pass must be a yard behind the line of scrimmage. All eleven players are in the frame, so we can be sure there are no wide outs on the right side. I can't read the numbers because of the resolution, but if the arrow is on Hooper, it sure doesn't look like he is lined up a yard behind the end to his right on that play. Let me see if I can find a better highlight.
BC
It looks like Hooper is lined up on the line of scrimmage, as the last man on the right, as a TE. The player to his right (Bright?) is lined up a step off the line of scrimmage as a wingback. That means they both are eligible -- Hooper as the last man on the line, Bright as a back. The only issue is whether Bright is far enough off the line of scrimmage to be in the backfield. It seems to me that he's a step back, which is all that's required. The head linesman would have had an unobstructed view.