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Being variants of 19th century rugby football, [1] American and Canadian football position nomenclature has its origin there. Early rugby did no more than distinguish in tactics between the great bulk of the players who played as forwards, and the relative few who played back defensively as "tends", as in goaltenders.
This position is the most physically demanding, due to being forced into constant double or triple teams, and needing enough speed to collapse the interior of the offensive line. Sometimes, nose tackles are used in 4-3 defenses and are either positioned on the quarterbacks blind side, or directly in front of the center.
"Blind side", a term in American and Canadian football for an area protected by a left or right tackle; Blindside, a term used with similar meanings in rugby league and in rugby union; Blindsided (disambiguation)
By his senior year of high school, Oher had become one of the nation’s top offensive line prospects — a long-armed, nimble-footed giant who looked like he was engineered in a lab to play left ...
The following is a list of common and historically significant formations in American football. In football, the formation describes how the players in a team are positioned on the field. Many variations are possible on both sides of the ball, depending on the strategy being employed.
Former Bengals great Willie Anderson said many young football players don't realize left tackles aren't the only linemen signing huge contracts. ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail. Sign in.
By JOHN DORN Many would think that The Blind Side, the movie depicting NFL lineman Michael Oher's rise from poverty to the NFL, would have helped build him up and overcome adversity over the ...
In American football, only one offensive player can be in motion at a time, cannot be moving toward the line of scrimmage at the snap, and may not be a player who is on the line of scrimmage. In Canadian football, more than one back can be in motion, and may move in any direction as long as they are behind the line of scrimmage at the snap.