Vice president of football operations Troy Vincent said Tuesday that the play is not a frequent topic of discussion at league headquarters but acknowledged it's "very difficult to officiate in real time" despite intensified efforts to spot potential false starts in recent weeks.
"When the guard is in the neutral zone or someone else is in the neutral zone, it's really hard for that line judge to identify based on what he's looking at down the line of scrimmage," said Vincent from the NFL's fall meeting at the InterContinental New York.
"Anytime we have this situation we're in short yardage, we know we want to make sure that we officiate these plays -- the offensive team has to be perfect in every aspect," NFL vice president of officiating training and development Ramon George said, according to the Washington Post. "We want to officiate it tight. We want to be black and white and be as tight as we can be when we get into this situation where teams are in the bunch position and we have to officiate them being onsides, movement early.
"Prior to the snap, looks like we have movement by the right guard. We also have movement coming across from the defensive side. This is a very hard play to officiate. I get it."