Hey so I’m am adult woman who was not allowed to ask questions about sports growing up so I thought I hated them for a long time. This is my second season as a NFL viewer and I get so confused sometimes.
There is a new dynamic kickoff rule and I have googled it but still have no idea what it means.
Yesterday The Lions and The Rams went into OT and I thought the refs said that both teams would have a chance to have possession of the ball but The Lions scored a TD and won the game.
I understand that offense is the team with possession of the ball and their QB is on the field and defense is trying to stop them from scoring but I don’t understand the other positions. If there is an injury can a defensive player play on offense or is that a big no no?
I just want to watch a game without constantly having to Google what’s going on.
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> There is a new dynamic kickoff rule and I have googled it but still have no idea what it means.
Watch [this.](https://youtu.be/9ZTqTvyo-HU?si=eyuLSOPBkZwQ4s6P)
> Yesterday The Lions and The Rams went into OT and I thought the refs said that both teams would have a chance to have possession of the ball but The Lions scored a TD and won the game.
Both teams have a chance to possess the ball unless the first team scores a TD, in which case they win immediately (or commits a safety, in which case they lose). If they kick a FG, the other team still gets a chance to get the ball and match with a FG (then it would become next score wins at that point) or win with a TD.
> I understand that offense is the team with possession of the ball and their QB is on the field and defense is trying to stop them from scoring but I don’t understand the other positions. If there is an injury can a defensive player play on offense or is that a big no no?
Theoretically, sure, but it’s unlikely.
These players are among the best in the world at the specific position they play, so it would be very difficult for a player who plays a defensive position and doesn’t practice playing an offensive position (or vice versa) to be as good or better at it than players who actually play that position.
Generally if players get injured then there are multiple backups at that same position who would come in first, then if *they* get injured, players who play a similar position on the same side of the ball would be up next. You’d see an offensive guard or tight end come in at offensive tackle if all of a team’s tackles were hurt before you’d see a defensive player come in, for example.
It has happened though. The most famous example I can think of is with the Patriots about 20 years ago. So many of their defensive backs got hurt that one of their top wide receivers, Troy Brown, started playing cornerback for them.
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