No, not similar. The sliding rule was put into place to protect QBs by making defenders pull up before they hit a QB.
Allow fake slides penalizes defenders trying to do the right thing by the new rules. Deceptive play calls (i.e. intent to deceive) don't have any resemblance to this.
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Originally posted on Dec 5, 2021 at 11:34:18am
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