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Nov 16, 2024
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The Y's Insider
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Imagine the chaos of 10 offensive players cross-crossing downfield.
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What problem does the "ineligible receiver downfield" penalty solve?
Bobber
Contributor
6:19pm
You have to line up a certain way, which means only certain people are eligible
RenoCoug
6:22pm
Yeah, I struggle to see the reasoning for that rule
cougarmeister
6:22pm
Would give the offense a big advantage to send blockers downfield in advance of
shoganai
6:24pm
thanks — makes sense
Bobber
6:43pm
Tell me you don't understand the game of football without telling me you don't understand the game of football
Adrielle
6:24pm
I'm sure you're a very smart person
Bobber
6:49pm
I believe it's the following. When you pass you stay back to protect the QB,
paulb
6:25pm
Shogani and Dilbert had better explanations.
paulb
6:27pm
That is actually a good point. Right now if the defense sees ineligible players coming downfield, they read that as a
dilbert
7:03pm
It would force defenders to decide during each pass play whether or not any given player needs to be covered. You could
dilbert
6:26pm
I thought "ineligible receiver" was pretty easily determined
Bobber
6:48pm
Sure, before the snap. But after the snap, defenders would have to keep track of which of the guys going out in pass
dilbert
7:01pm
If you are a defender in zone, and a guy comes into your zone, you shouldn’t
bluesloth
7:02pm
Imagine the chaos of 10 offensive players cross-crossing downfield.
The Y's Insider
6:26pm
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