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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Offensive linemen: the five huge guys up front who try to keep the quarterback from getting tackled and who try to open holes in the defense for runs.
Runnings backs: the guys who are handed the ball by the QB to run with it.
Wide receivers: the guys who go out to receive passes from the QB.
Tight ends: sort of a hybrid between linemen and wide receivers. They are usually bigger and stronger than receivers, and so they can either block like linemen or catch like receivers.
Now, receivers can run and running backs can catch, but that isn’t their main job.
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