Football

Football

Football, also called American Football, is a team sport consisting of two teams each of which can have 11 players on the field at any given time.

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Cadence in which the quarterback randomly varies the duration of the periods of silence between words and numbers; this minimizes or eliminates the advantage the offense has of knowing the snap count ...

pooch kick

Sports; Football

A punt that is designed to land around the five or ten yard line in spite of the fact that the punter could kick it much farther. The objective is to give the opponent the worst possible starting ...

scout team

Sports; Football

Players on your team who pretend to be the upcoming opponent during the week of practice before playing that team; so-called because they align in the formations of the upcoming opponent and run the ...

scat

Sports; Football

Onpass protection in which a running back is assigned to block one possible rushing linebacker or safety and another potential rushing linebacker or safety is dealt with via a hot pass if he also ...

waggle

Sports; Football

Play-action pass in which the quarterback fakes a handoff to one side then rolls out deep to the other side and throws to one of two or more receivers who are running toward the same side; typically, ...

cushion

Sports; Football

Vertical distance between the receiver and the defender who is covering him. A tight cushion indicates that a fade route or other deep route has an increased probability of success. A large cushion ...

highest point

Sports; Football

Altitude at which a receiver or pass defender ought to catch a pass when an opposing player is in the vicinity. This situation is analogous to a rebound in basketball; no basketball player would ever ...