Mike McDaniel discusses new sentence in rule book regarding “cheat motion”

Earlier this week, Rams coach Sean McVay tried to downplay the sentence added to the rule book regarding "cheat motion." On Saturday, Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel most definitely did not downplay it. "To execute in the game of football, I would say it's a priority to know the rules," McDaniel told when asked by reporters about the new sentence regarding abrupt or forward pre-snap motion. "Fortunately, we have NFL officials here at practice. Currently - they were here yesterday, they'll be here today. And we also have a little a cheat code, if you will, a member of the competition committee [G.M. Chris Grier] resides in an office that shares a wall with me. So [we're] very, very proactive in knowing exactly what the rules are and anything that we do, we're either adjusting or catering to any sort of rule emphasis and we're going to try to keep it that way."He was asked whether the new sentence is not a rule change but an effort to emphasize the existing rules."I think you read it as it reads," McDaniel said. "The emphasis is clearly stated. If you interpret that as exclusively timing motions, you better not simulate the snap counter. You'd better not move forward. And our motions...