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Having played OL -- you are flat out wrong that any OL by btd

cannot see the ball. That is literally impossible. It is illegal to be lined up off the LOS enough that every single OL cannot see the ball. I played OL for 4 years -- 40 games. I have zero penalties. Not one single penalty of any kind -- not a false start, holding, down field, zero.

It is complete and utter horse shit to even remotely tell anyone that an OL cannot see the ball, thus can't simply wait for the snap. In fact, the sole reason I never once had a penalty is exactly because of that. The few times I forgot the snap count or wasn't 100.0000% certain I remembered it -- I simply looked at the ball.

As for trying to get a jump -- that's what the bench is for. Defense or offense. There never has been and never will be an excuse for any OL or DL to get a penalty for failing to watch the ball (OL when using a silent snap).

All other elements of your description are just noise. In the end it is as simple as any OT on any team at any level can always have a straight line of sight to the ball and in a game where you know you are using a silent snap -- there is zero excuse for not watching the ball.

Yes -- this means that the DL and OL both are moving at the snap. Yes, that's an advantage for the DL. Yes, that's why you need an OL coach worth a shit so in spite of that advantage your OL still kicks the shit out of the DL.