false step

Gen. Edwin Meese, Michael Mukasey and William Barr, joined by prominent conservative professors, agree on the stakes: A false step by the court “would be ruinous for the Nation’s tradition of free and fair elections.”

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Instead of jumping into his assignment right away, Rivera said, Davis could have baited the lineman with an intentionally false step, forced him to overcommit and used his athleticism to evade the block altogether.

Bill Belichick creates a culture of accountability and diligence and also can correct the right guard when he takes a false step on a trap block.

Not everything works in the staging: When the action is this exposed, any false step is magnified.