pre-snap

Taylor said the blitzes are called off a pre-snap read based on what formation the offense is utilizing on a specific play.

Virginia Tech's defense gets a little help from the NFL's Saints Mark Giannotto 2010

The crowd noise at MetLife Stadium also remains a problem for the Packers, who had collected another false start on third and seven right at a moment when there seemed to be much pre-snap confusion in the Giants secondary.

Green Bay Packers 38 New York Giants 35 - as it happened | Paolo Bandini 2011

Although Moore, 70, gets the play calls to Manning, the quarterback is peerless for his pre-snap decision-making.

Manning's mantra for '09 Colts: 'You better be getting better' 2009

Quarterback Eli Manning is playing exceptionally well and has always been one of the best at recognizing coverages and identifying the weak side of a defense pre-snap.

This Man Must Stay on the Sideline Aditi Kinkhabwala 2011

It would have been two times if not for a pre-snap penalty.

Redskins vs. Bears checklist LaVar Arrington 2010

Dawson, who still owns franchise records for passing yards (28,507) and touchdown passes (237), knocked off the rust and mastered an offense that featured such wrinkles as a moving pocket, a litany of pre-snap movements and multiple formations.

Chiefs were the toast of the AFL ... after they left Dallas 2009

When all four ends are lined up together, one is usually shifting around pre-snap, which makes it difficult for the opposing center to declare who the middle linebacker is and even harder for the quarterback to decide where the ball is going.

The Giants' Orchestrated Chaos Aditi Kinkhabwala 2012

With a strong work ethic and peerless leadership qualities, Manning commandeers the Indianapolis Colts 'offense through a series of pre-snap gyrations and audibles.

3 Super Bowls lift Tom Brady past Manning as QB of decade 2010

Revis's first interception, in the season opener against the Cowboys, came on a similar play—Ryan called it "Jet Mike Mix"—where the Jets' pre-snap alignment gave a man-to-man appearance, and the post-snap look is a zone scheme.

A Bad Time to Travel to Revis Island Chris Herring 2011

The hope is to counter with enough pre-snap movement and disguise that the offense is not sure which defense it is seeing, and prevent pre-snap reads on where to go with the ball.

Safeties will be playing it safe less often 2010