Deboer writing out a formation on paper to explain the rules to the sideline ref
I like having that kind of coach. And for those more schooled in these modern formations, can we get a general explanation?
To me it seemed the refs were wrong. If anything is was a “normal” TE/WR split and with the distance between the receivers the TE would not be considered covered and therefore eligible to be downfield.
If it was an issue of having too many on the line and not enough off the line, that wasn’t given as a reason. And Fox never re-showed the entire formation to see.