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Unwritten rules are generally a good thing. Not knowing something is not actually an unwritten rule, and screwing up a play because of that lack of knowledge, is always a bad thing.
It's bizarre, frankly. At the time, the announcers assumed Ben was claiming that the Pats called out a fake snap count. It never occurred to them that a 12-year starting NFL quarterback actually thought line shifts were illegal!