"WHEN THE FOX broadcast team called out that the officiating crew missed an Eagles false start on a tush push against the Chiefs in Week 2, they promptly ended a blissful summer reprieve from the heated discourse surrounding the play. But the Fox crew didn't mention another potential penalty brewing on the same play. In the futile fight to stop the tush push in its two-ton tracks, some defenses are adopting an illegal tactic to try to confuse the offensive line into moving early, Eagles"
"In the NFL rulebook, such a ploy is called disconcerting signals and prompts a 15-yard penalty. The penalty has not been called since 2017 according to the NFL. An analytics source who studies rules for an NFL club that is not the Eagles said he believed that the Chiefs committed the penalty on the Eagles tush push on third-and-1 at their own 25-yard-line with 5:29 left in the game."
Fox broadcasters identified a missed Eagles false start on a Week 2 tush-push play against the Chiefs while another potential penalty may have occurred on the same snap. Some defenses are reportedly using an illegal tactic called disconcerting signals to confuse offensive linemen into moving early, which is punishable by a 15-yard penalty. The penalty has not been enforced since 2017. An analytics source said the Chiefs may have committed disconcerting signals on the Eagles' third-and-1 at their 25 with 5:29 remaining. The clip captures Jalen Hurts calling "Delta set!" followed by a Chiefs player yelling "Go go!" and another overlapping voice.
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