re: 4th and 18 & Spike with 3 seconds left.... Here you go whiners.

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Terry McAulay (on twitter)
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1. The formation on the spike is not illegal. A player is on the line if he breaks the plane of the waistline of the snapper. The #2 and #4 receivers appear to do that. #1 and #3 are close. This is only illegal if five players are in the backfield and that is not the case here.

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