Why did they call a false start on us at the end of the third quarter vs Jets?

[thunderraiden]

I was watching the game on TIVO for the second time, and i got to an amazing catch that i forgot, then remembered, but didn't remember why I forgot about it ( sounds confusing huh?). It was a catch by Kenny Moore where he started to catch the ball on a comeback it went up like 2 feet and he caught it as he fell. Well after the play was over they said we we had a false start penalty for the 15 seconds after the play was over so the 15 yard gain got erased..... I replayed the presnap 11 times... 1 time for each player... there wasnt a single false start from any of the players..... so what the fug?

[Zcustom]

"It's preseason for everyone, even the refs"

^^^ Random Announcer Douchebag

[Fan4life]

It's all part of being a Carolina Panther Fan, get used to it. poo happens all the time.

[Neylus]

Lol, I had the same question because the announcers didn't bother to explain what happened and there were no replays. Kenny Moore has had his 2 biggest preaseason catches erased by penalties.

[Sword]

it was probably illegal procedure/formation, a false start would have been an immediate dead ball with whistles blowing everywhere..there was probably someone lined up too far back(oline try to sneak it in to get an advantage) or a reciever in the neutral zone..

[Anybodyhome]

Although the ref originally called it a false start, it was actually an illegal formation that had to be explained to John Fox by the ref after the TV commercial break a couple plays later. The only reason we knew was because it was announced in the stadium as a formation call.

[thunderraiden]

ok i figured it was illegal formation. thanks.

[tvandenberg]

Doesn't (I don't think) apply to this case, but I did notice from the Colts game that the QB has to wait until the Umpire gets into the backfield before you can snap (doing a quick snap) or you'll get a false start too. Not that we have that kind of offense, but I can see Manning (and those like him) really suffering from that.