US football was created from Rugby. That is why it's so similar. Football (Soccer as it was called in Britain at the time) and Rugby came over to the US in the 1800s. In 1869 college rugby players at Princeton University decided they wanted to change Rugby to a game they wanted to play. They created the first US football team and rules. It was then adopted by other universities in the area, and thus US football was born. So yes, it has a lot of similarities to rugby.
Regarding the defense vs. offense player sizes. The offensive line are the largest most run 6'2 -6'9 300+ lbs the Defensive lineman can have a couple of 300+lb DT on them but they use more speed and athleticism to get around or through the OLine and are typically 6'2" - 6'5" and between 300+ lbs - 270lbs. Offensive Running Backs are typically between 5'10" - 6'3" and range between 200-240lbs Defensive Linebackers are typically 6'2-6'5" and between 230-260 lbs. Tight Ends are typically 6'3-6'6" 225-260 lbs. Wide Receivers can range between 5'10"-6'5" 180-225lbs and Defensive backs will range between 5'10"-6'3" 180-225lbs. The typical QB is between 6'2" - 6'5" 210-250lbs. Kickers and Punters can be normal sized human with strong legs and reasonable athleticism but they are specialists. It's safe to say 96% of NFL athletes no matter what the position are way more athletic and stronger than your average person in their weight class. Think of football as a simulated game of war trying to move the battle line and the ball into your enemies base. You use the tanks, infantry, air force commanded by generals to attack as well as to defend.
The main difference between rugby & AFB is in AFB planned out strategic plays by all 11 players are used on every single down . This is why there is a "Pause" between each play. The coach is sending in the next corrdinated plan . Both offense & Defensive do this .
I think if you watch a few games and listen closely to the commentators, you will pick up the rules and nuances of the game pretty quickly, since you already have a head-start knowledge of rugby. The nice thing is that the announcers don't just give you the play-by-play of what is happening on the field, they also give you a lot of "filler" information about the intended plays, strategies, etc. and they will re-show the best camera angle of certain plays and explain them in more detail.... very helpful to a casual fan, such as myself.
A typical game lasts three hours. The thing I like about football is that it is “discreet” - each play has a definitive start and an end, and a determination of outcome. As opposed to soccer or basketball, which are “continuous”.
I think this is a decent, basic review. There's more nuance and complexity. Schemes, positioning, strategy, challenge guidelines, overtime in regular season vs overtime in playoffs. Differences between college and pros. On-sides kicks to try to re-gain possession after a score. Penalties get especially complicated -- because some are obvious and some are not. And . . . some are controversial. Some are flagrant and can result in expulsion from the current game or a future game. Really takes watching some games to fully appreciate and/or understand. Nice reaction.
As soon as the guy started talking I was sitting there thinking wait a minute shouldn’t an American be doing a video about the rules of American football? This guy does not sound American.
They also could have used better plays to show as examples. For example, when he talked about a forward pass the play he showed wasn't even a completion.
You should do a live stream for the Super Bowl that way there will be a chat available to help and interact with! Everyone would be able to help with context for situations, penalties, players, things commentators say, etc
The fullback pretty much no longer exists in football. As for size, the defense isn't necessarily larger. The defensive line is huge because they're going up against the huge offensive line. But the cornerbacks and safteys are smaller and quicker because they are defending the receivers.
Reggie Gilliam is the fullback for the Buffalo Bills, though I've noticed that he oftentimes lines up where a tight end would be. Which makes sense, because the best runner on the Bills for the past three years has been the quarterback, and it's easier to have him block for Josh Allen if he's closer to the line.
You can expect a game to last 3-4 hours. Depends on how many penalties, scores, injuries, reviews, and a number of other things can affect how long a game is. The clock stops for all of those. The closer a game is, the longer the last few minutes of each half will take. Then there’s overtime. Overtime rules will be explained durning a game if it goes into overtime, so you can find out about that at that time because the rules can change depending on regular season or playoffs or they change rules in the offseason
Those are just the Primetime big matchup games that are on really late at night for you in the UK, most games are played at noon start so like 6 or 7 pm for you in the UK
A few important rules that were left out are tackling and passing.... TACKLING: You can do pretty much anything you want to the guy with the ball, and almost nothing to the players without it. The down ends when the ball goes out of bounds, or when the player with the ball goes DOWN, meaning any body part besides hands & feet touched the ground while in contact with an opponent. BACKWARD PASS: You can pass the ball BACKWARDS to a teammate at any time, and it can even be tossed from player to player, as many times as you want. FORWARD PASS: But there are a lot of restrictions on the FORWARD PASS. You can only throw the ball forwards once in a play, and it HAS to cross the line of scrimmage (where the ball started from). Also there must either be someone within catching range of where you're throwing to (an "eligible receiver"), or else the quarterback must have managed to run far enough towards the sideline on his own first. If not, it's a penalty called "intentional grounding", since you're not supposed to be able to throw it away simply to avoid being hit and losing yards.
A few differences between the NFL and College football. In the NFL the receiver who catches the ball must come down with complete control of the ball and BOTH feet inbounds. In college football, they only have to have ONE foot in bounds. You also asked what happens after an interception or fumble. If the Defense intercepts the ball they usually try to run towards their end zone to score a touchdown. If they succeed, it's known as a PICK 6 because they picked it off and scored a Touchdown. And yes, they then get to try for either the 1 point conversion or the 2 point conversion. Same goes for a fumble recovery, if they recover it, have not been touched or are still upright, they can try to score a touchdown just like a pick 6. If the offense recovers the fumble and are on the ground and touched, the ball is dead and they start the next play from that spot. A couple of other minor rules. When a ball is punted or on a kickoff the person catching it can advance as far as they can. If they instead are worried about all these big dudes hitting them, they can wave their hand while the ball is in the air and that tells everyone that he has no intention of running and the offense starts from that spot. It's called a fair catch. The defenders are not allowed to touch the returner if he signals a fair catch If the ball is kicked so it bounces out of the end zone or the returner decides not to return it, thats called a touchback and the ball is brought to the 20 yard line where the offense begins the attempt to go 80 yards and score
It probably sounds silly but one of the best ways to start to understand football is to play Madden or something like that. You start to see all the moving pieces. It's how I learned when I was younger.
The offensive line is usually made up of the biggest players. They need to protect the quarterback but don't need to be as agile as defensive players. Think of them being an impenetrable wall between the defense and quarterback
4:43 Offensive and Defensive linemen are typically of the same caliber (size, weight, etc.). When I used to watch football (a very long time ago), the Fullback was usually a larger/heavier version of the Running Back and was therefore utilized more often as an additional blocker, though he was just as comfortable running with, or catching a short pass just like a Running Back. The Quarterback will make adjustment calls on the field to modify plays or to point out a potential threat that he reads on the Defense. Sometimes these calls will alert the Fullback that he will be used to run a play rather than be used as an additional blocker. 6:49 Commercial Breaks (for TV, i.e., NFL income) accounts for a large portion of the breaks taken during a game. Then there are penalties, time-outs and incomplete passes, which will stop the game-clock. A whistle blow (by a referee) will also stop the game-clock. 7:44 Yes, an interception ends a teams possession of the ball and therefore each team much now bring their respective Offensive or Defensive squads onto the field. Hope this helps a little, but it has also been a long time for me and some things may have changed since I watched. Basketball has also changed a lot since I used to watch. Yeah, you need to watch games on a regular basis and you'll pick up the rules fairly quickly then. I used to watch every NFL game that I could back in the day, not just the ones for my favorite team. That way, I had a better read of which teams were in the running for a potential playoff match-up, win or loss or would be first in the draft selections. Before you know it, you'll be able to tell the difference between a trap-play, a flea-flicker, a hail-Mary and all. 😆😉👍
One thing to remember is that the formations are not always the same. The narrator gave a sort fo basic offense and basic defense formation. The only real restriction on formations is that the offense must have a minimum of 7 men on the line of scrimmage at the time the ball is snapped. The down linemen cannot move forward once they are set until the ball is snapped. Those are really the only constraints to formations.
You've already seen the highly specialized positions. You have to watch the game to see the STRATEGY involved. American football is more like chess than rugby, but played with superheroes.
One thing I'd add, RE; the lines superimposed on the tv screen (2.30 in the video). There's also a blue line there - that's the line of scrimmage, which tells where the ball was placed at the beginning of the play. It moves as the ball advances.
@@lewisgrace7777 I remember when the NHL experimented with adding a trailing line to the hockey puck for their TV broadcasts. At first I liked that it was much easier to find the puck onscreen. But then I realized that I had gotten lazy about following the puck through the movement of the players. It's much more fun and exciting to track the puck by the movement and reactions of the players on the ice, which also lets you predict where it's going to be by reading how the play advances. You get in the players' head more and get an internalized sense of how things are unfolding rather than just watching a dot on the screen.
Also, if you want to watch a great podcast here on TH-cam about football, it’s called New Heights. It’s the Kelce Brothers. They play for two different NFL teams, and are actually going up against each other in this years Super Bowl. It’s a really entertaining, insightful, funny and educational.
In Rugby Union, you do not get a penalty kick after scoring a try. That kick is called a "conversion". If it is successful, you get a further 2 points. On the subject of American Football, who can tackle whom and in what manner?
Another important thing to know is that there are restrictions to how the Offense can line up for a play. There must be at least 7 men lined up at the line of scrimmage, and there can be no more than 4 in the backfield. Of the players at the scrimmage line only the 2 lined up at the outside are eligible to catch a pass. The Center, Guards and Tackles wear numbers between 50 and 79. On a pass play they may not cross the line of scrimmage before the pass is made. Men with those numbers may line up in an eligible position but they must report so to an official who will advise the Defense that he is eligible. The Defense may line up however they wish as long as all are on their side of the line,
Kabir : this years Super Bowl has 2 distinctions 1. For the first time ever 2 African American coaches are in 2. For only the 2nd time brothers will be facing each other ( the first time was coaches Jim and John harbugh who coached the Baltimore ravens and the San Francisco49ers respectively ) this time it’s Travis ( who plays for Kansas city ) and Jason Kelce ( who plays for the Philadelphia Eagles ) who will play against each other
The Super Bowl teams have been set!! The gritty, persevering, but somewhat injury-stricken Kansas City Chiefs, champions in 2020, versus the absolutely rolling Philadelphia Eagles, champions in 2018, each trying to return to football’s pinnacle! Should be a good matchup. Sunday, February 12 at 11:30pm London time!
Re your question about what happens after an interception. The player who intercepts (catches the ball) immediately runs it back until tackled. Then that team's offensive squad comes onto the field, and they have 4 downs to gain 10 yards from that point. The video mentioned punts on 4th down, intended to give the other team the ball, but in a disadvantageous position. It didn't point out that field goal attempts are almost always on 4th down (the other main situation is if a team is trailing by 3 points or less and time is running out). If they feel like they're close enough to have a good chance at a field goal, they'll do that instead of punting.
Yes, strategy wasn't discussed at all, nor should it have been in this introduction video. Like anything else, it all gets much more interesting when teams engage strategy. What kinds of plays do the offense and defense try to play on any given down -- not all downs should be played the same way. Coaxing the opposing team to commit a penalty is interesting, too. And penalties that players SHOULD commit. I call American football "chess with giants."
A good thing to learn is when and why the game clock stops and starts. "Clock management" usually becomes very important at the end of the first half or the end of a close game.
Ever duel in an RPG game? Kinda like that in taking turns with the attack. Typically early on in the match, at 4th down, teams will basically punt the possession. Only in the business end of the match where you see teams going for it on 4th down.
The defense isn’t necessarily by any means larger than the offense, considering that the offense has a full line of big and often massive guys in front of the quarterback whose job it is to protect the quarterback from the defense, to essentially be his bodyguards.
Spot on. Some coaches want the biggest defensive line they can get to stop the run, others want smaller (still huge) players to get to the quarterback.
Football diverged from rugby gradually, but especially when the forward pass became legal in 1906. Then the ball was reduced in size to make it easier to throw accurately. You might look at the rules of Canadian Football. It is similar to NFL but has a larger field and one fewer down. Some guys who don't make it to the NFL try the CFL for a while. The desire to protect the CFL is one reason there are no NFL teams in Canada.
This is an extremely high level overview of the rules for American Football. A great start, but once you start watching games you'll notice there's a lot more to the game
If the defense recovers the ball via fumble or interception, the offense of that team starts with all four downs. This is true for the start of any possession for a team. I believe it’s even true if the defense intercepts and then fumbles to the offense in the same play.
This is a very nice overview. The rules will bog anyone down, even the commentators get lost at times, which is why they have former refs to explain in detail for the broadcast. Anyhow, if you know the basics, it'll add up as the game moves along. And as annoying as the commentators are at times (or all the time depending), they'll fill ya in.
How have we gone this long without you watching this video Kabir...SMH In the NFL the biggest guys are generally the offensive line. The OLine is primarily the biggest guys on the field 6'2 (188cm) or Taller around 300-350lbs (130-160Kg). Remember their job is to push the other big guys to make holes for the running backs. They also have to stop the more athletic DLinemen and Linebackers from getting to the QB. I think the best way to learn is by playing MADDEN. MADDEN is an old Coach in the League turned broadcaster turned Video Game. It's the EA Sports NFL game. Great way to learn the players and the game.
There are some weird rules, mostly to cover creative uses of rules that were considered to be unfair. The then Oakland Raiders did one play with successive forward “fumbles” and gained quite an advantage. That play is now illegal.
@ the 01:05 minute mark. Turn Overs. If the offence fails to gain 10 yards in 4 downs, the ball is "Turned Over" to the other team at the exact place the ball is currently is positioned. This is why on 4th down many teams choose to punt/kick the ball down field instead. To get the ball as far away as possible from the scoring end zone. Fumbles and interceptions are also both called "Turn Overs." After a turn over the ball possessing team starts automatically with four downs to make ten yards.
A few more important tidbits: An offensive player committing a penalty in their own endzone can result in a safety by rule. The kick on a field goal or PAT can hit off of the "uprights" or "crossbar", as long as it still goes in afterwards it is good. There's a famous game from a few years back that ended on a "double doink", hitting off an upright and then onto the crossbar before landing in/out. If a turnover is collected, it can be returned until that player is stopped. If they are stopped outside of the endzone, that guy's team takes over on offense and gets 1st down and 10 yards, same as any other drive. After scoring, you typically do a kickoff. If a player collects the kicked ball in the endzone or it bounces out of the endzone, then it is a touchback and offense starts at their own 25 yard line. If the ball is collected in the field of play, the offense starts wherever the ball ends up and can be returned until stopped. The collecting player can waive an arm over the head to signal "Fair catch", whereby the cannot be tackled, but also cannot advance the ball anymore (and attempting to do is a penalty). If any player on the receiving team touches the ball (intentionally or otherwise), then its a live ball that either side can recover (essentially a fumble). If nobody on the receiving team catches or touches it, then the kicking team will wait for it to roll as far as possible towards the endzone and touch it themselves to "down the punt" and end the play (and sometimes if it starts bouncing the wrong way they will have to grab it before it stops). However, in certain situations where a team is behind late or doing a very risky move trying to catch the other side off guard, a team may elected to attempt an onside kick instead. They kick it short, usually trying to get a lot of bounce for maximum chaos and attempt to recover it. It fails most of the time, resulting in the other side getting a "short field" as you didn't kick it deep, but can occasionally succeed resulting in the team that just scored keeping possession and attempting to score again. A lot of the punters at the college level at come from Australia, with a strong footy background. There's an academy there that helps people with strong kicking skill but maybe not quite enough to make it in the AFL learn to punt then get a spot on a university team. (in fact, the reigning champions have an Aussie punting... although not a lot, considering how much they scored on TCU.) The field positioning charts display is accurate, but shows only one of the most common base formations in football. The chess match within the game is the best part, how each unit tries various stuff to beat the other side, and evolves over the course of the game to whatever is working (the proverbial "halftime adjustments"). For a slightly more detailed breakdown: The offense can go heavy backfield with what's called the triple option (look it up, much closer to Rugby and little if any emphasis on passing) and the "I-formation", or go into sets variously called "five-wide" or "empty backfield" where you don't have any runners at all (aside from maybe the QB) and instead have several pass catchers. There's 0, 1 and 2 TE sets (also rarely 3) and a ton of different route options for what the WRs can do downfield (Verticals, stop&go, hitch, slants, curls, crossing, fades, comebacks, etc). The defense meanwhile is shown there in a 4-3 alignment (4 down linemen, 3 LBs). There's also 3-4 where they swap out the two Defensive Tackles for a Nose Tackle (NT) and an extra LB. The Nose Tackle is typically the largest guy on the field, and his job is just to eat up the Center (lining up directly across from him instead of on either side the DTs) and try to take one of the two Guards on either side of the Center with him. Just needs to be hard to block and force the offense to commit to a double team to slow that much human. The Linebackers can be listed in several different ways depending on where they line up or what they do after the snap. Outside linebacker (OLB), middle (MLB), inside (ILB), the league is even evolving to more specialized roles with fancy names like the Mike, Sam, Will, etc. One thing that's relative new, is the EDGE position. They function similar to a defensive end, but instead of being a down lineman (three-point stance with both feet and one hand on the ground) they do a little crouch at most and line up closer to what a LB does. This allows them to keep eyes on the QB (and O-Line shifts, pulls, counters, etc) and better react to any tells they might have, rather than a pre-set pass rushing job. The secondary will typically have a left and right corner, then the free and strong safeties (typically the last line of defense on a busted play). In obvious passing downs ("3rd and long"), you'll generally bring in a third corner, sometimes referred to as the nickle corner. Another relatively recent development is the STAR position, sort of a hybrid LB and Safety. They're tasked with recognizing what the offense is lined up for and reacting accordingly, stopping both run and pass plays, sometimes even calling out alignment shifts to teammates pre-snap. The corners, safeties, STAR, etc are collectively referred to as "defensive backs" (DBs), and especially on things like the dreaded prevent defense, can line up pretty deep. On some Hail Mary attempts, you may push them all the way back to line up directly on the goal line (or even run your tallest receiver out there to just bat anything down).
No, the Offensive line can be just as big as the Defensive line. I knew an offensive lineman that played for the Tampa Bay Bucs, and he was about 6'9" and about 280lbs. He was huge.
In the CFL (Canadian football league), there are slightly different rules: like 3 downs instead of 4, 12 players instead of 11, and a 110 yard field instead of 100 yards. But it’s mostly similar
Kabir, although I am a huge soccer fan and don't feel I need it, many people need this type of video for soccer and definitely for rugby. I would live to see your reaction to one of those. Also, with your Arsenal killing it this season, some Premier League reactions would be awesome!
You asked if the defense was bigger. It depends on the position. The Offensive Line (the guards, tackles, and center) and the Defensive Line (The ends and tacks) are generally the biggest players on the field, but one set isn't necessarily bigger than the other, it depends on the team. However, The Linebackers are generally bigger than the wide receivers and most (but not all) running backs. The Cornerbacks and Wide Receivers are generally the same size. Safeties are a bit of everything. Some are as big as linebackers, while others are smaller like cornerbacks/wide receivers.
In old school football three players usually lined up behind the center, the quarterback was right behind the center, the halfback was a couple of yard back and the fullback was 'fully' back (4-5 yards). These terms stuck. Today the quarterback in the on field general, controlling the play. Most teams have running backs, which is the generic term for the guy who lines up behind the quarterback and runs the ball on running plays, although a larger extra back used for blocking or short yardage power plays is still referred to as a halfback.
If your team makes an interception and doesn't manage to score any points on that same play/down, their offensive team will come onto the field and yes, they start with a fresh four downs.
American Football or Grid Iron Football as some people like to call it, derived from Rugby, a Highly recommend looking up "A Football Life Forward Pass" that changed the Game and made it completely better!
No, the defense isn't usually consisting of larger players. Both offense and defense have players of comparable sizes at various positions. The largest players are usually the offensive linemen. The average weight of an NFL offensive lineman is 314 pounds.
Theres tons of games uploaded from official sources on TH-cam to watch. And apps like NFL Plus are available for folks outside the country to follow the action on demand so you don't have to stay up too late. Crazy as I feel for suggesting it, Madden (preferably an older better Madden game) is a great way to see how deep the plays and strategy goes.
I've been a huge college football fan my entire life and I still can't explain offsides and false start. These are two of the more common penalties (flags). There are a handful of differences between college and NFL, but it's the same game.
False start: all offensive players must remain still for at least 1 second. Called "being set". At that point 1, and only 1, offensive player can move backwards or laterally, called "being in motion". You can change who is in motion, but the 1 second rule applies. If 2 players are moving at the snap, or if there is no time when all 11 are "set", or if any offe side players go toward the line after being set, that is a false start. Offsides: I an offensive player is set beyond the line of scrimmage, he is offsides. If a defensive player moves beyond the line of scrimmage and does not return before the snap, he is offsides, called "defensive encroachment". If the defensive player crosses the line of scrimmage, and makes contact with an offensive player, or causes the offensive player to move, that is also encroachment.
In terms in interceptions if a defensive player catches it the play continues it does not stop until he is tackled or scores but if he is tackled the offence plays from where he was tackled
Yes, a defense intercepting the ball or recovering a fumble is a "turnover", which means the team now has possession of the ball and their offense comes on the field with 1st and 10.
Super Bowl is on Feb 12 this year. 6:30 PM Eastern Time. If you force a turnover, you get the ball 1st and 10 wherever the play ends, except if it results in a score. If it's returned for a TD, then it's kicking an extra point or going for 2. If you get a first down at or inside the opponents 10 yard line, then it's first & goal. Also you only get 2 challenges per game, but if you win both challenges you can get a third. You cannot challenge if you are out of time outs or challenges. In the last 2 minutes of either half or in overtime all reviews must be initiated by the official in the booth. The rules on fumbles change on 4th Down and in the last 2 minutes of either half. If an offensive player fumbles the ball with less than 2 minutes left in the half, or on 4th down then the player that fumbled is the only player on the offense who can advance the ball should he recover. If anyone else on the offense recovers the fumble the ball is dead, either at the spot of the recovery, or the spot of the fumble, whichever is more favorable to the defense. The defense can always return a fumble.
with the 4 ways to score part, there is really 5 but the 5th one is soooooooo rare, you have to intercept the ball while the offence is going for an extra 2 points after their touchdown, and run it all the way back to your in zone which gives you 1 point.
This is a good video. I wish I had this when I tried to figure it out 40 years ago when I got married. Although my husband and his friends had a good time teaching me.
You should give it a chance. I played soccer or what you guys know as football throughout high-school. Sports are great.... and shared throughout the world. Love your channel my friend.
Offense has a maximum of 4 players in the backfield and minimum 7 on the offensive line (line of scrimmage). The players lined up in the backfield (backfield is anyplace inbounds 1 yard behind the ball) and the 2 end players on the offensive line are eligible to go downfield and catch passes (eligible receivers). The tricky part, if a player in the backfield accidently stand too close to the line of scrimmage, he becomes the end person and makes the person next to him ineligible. (that's why you see them step backward) Interior offensive linemen cannot run downfield on pass plays (until after a pass is thrown). Ineligible man downfield is the penalty. On pass plays, the defense only has to cover the eligible receivers. If the offense puts 10 players on the offensive line (line of scrimmage) only the 2 end players and the quarterback are eligible to carry the ball. If there's 9 players on the line and 2 in the backfield, there are 4 players eligible to carry the ball (2 ends and 2 in the backfield) Offensive linemen are not allowed to catch passes or run with the ball. For fun, look at the offensive formation and see if you can pick out the eligible receivers, it's harder than it sounds. The defense has positions but there is no requirement for any position to line up in any specific location. The offensive players know who they generally will be playing against but it can change, literally during the play.
The penalties trip lots of people up. What the different penalties are, what constitutes a penalty, how the penalties can be avoided, and the punishments for receiving a penalty, so on and so forth. For instance, what is "holding"? What separates offensive holding from defensive holding? What separates a defensive hold from pass interference? Little things like that. Watching games helps a lot as the color commentators usually do a decent job of explaining these things as they're happening.
There are two types of defensive line-up; 3-4 and 4-3. The 3-4 has three line-men at the front while 4 stay slightly behind to rush in. The opposite is true of 4-3. This does not include the cornerbacks who follow the reeivers and the safeties who stand way back to cover the field as the reeivers come up. The rules are also different if it's ollege football or professional football. College football is also pretty big with stadiums that can seat over 100k people. There's also different leagues in colleage football and a playoff to see who wins the title as national champion just like in a Super Bowl.
Actually, the biggest players (physically) tend to be offensive lineman. Defensive tackles tend to be about the same size but defensive ends are usually slightly smaller and faster.
If you intercept the ball you have the chance of running with the ball all the way to the end zone and scoring because the play hasn't ended, if you are tackled after an interception before you can score a touchdown then your offense comes on the field at the place your man was tackled before being able to score and they are given 4 downs to make 10 years from there. Even if your team doesn't score a touchdown off of an interception an interception often allows your team to run deep into the opposing teams side of the field and so usually sets up for an easy play into the end zone for a touchdown.
The defense are considerably larger. We even have the phrase "hes built like a linebacker" because a linebacker is essentially an immovable object. They are consistently over 225 lb and 6+ ft tall. A lot of them might look overweight too but all of them are incredibly athletic and in excellent shape of course.
One very important thing needed to understand what's going on that this video leaves out is how the offense is required to line up for play and who can catch passes. By rule seven of the eleven offensive players must be on the line of scrimmage (the imaginary line across the field where the ball is placed), of these only the two outside end players are allowed to catch passes. The five interior linemen can only block on pass plays and cant run down the field until the ball is thrown, they are usually selected for size and strength since their main job is blocking (pushing an opposing player). A 'tight end' is a line end player (thus eligible to catch passes) who lines up next to the offensive line and is larger than a normal pass catcher so he can help block on runs as opposed to a 'wide end' who lines up away from the other players (thus forcing the defense to spread out more).
Also the unique thing about American Football like soccer it has different styles, for Example thr Run and Shoot Offense is basically almost All passing plays, where the Offense rarely runs the ball. Normally has one running back in the backfield and no Tight ends just relievers usually 4.. and basically the quarterback just throw all round.
Hey Kabir! Great reaction as usual! As others have mentioned, most games are about 3 hours all told. For example, college football games on Saturdays start at noon (eastern time) and the 2nd block of games then start at either 330 or 4pm, and the late games are typically starting at 730-8pm. There are some west coast games that start at 10-11 eastern time. I live in Ohio which is eastern time so you can literally watch football on a Saturday during college football season from noon until about 2 or 3am, every weekend. Second, there are some rule differences between the NFL and College football. Not major, but two always confuse people. First, in the NFL, if you fall down or lose your balance on your own, you can get back up and keep running as long as no one on the defense touches you while you're on the ground. College football, you're down where you fell, no matter if you weren't touched. Also, in order to catch as pass in the NFL, you have to have both feet touch in bounds. In college football, you only have to touch one foot in bounds, but it has to come down before the other foot (or any other body part) touches out of bounds. Also, *offensive* linemen are usually the biggest players on the field. The average sized NFL offensive lineman is 6'5 and 315 pounds (195.58 cm/142.882 kg)
You normally use 3 downs to try and get the 10 yards, if you're pinned back close to your own end zone you use 4th down to punt the ball down the field away from your endzone. If you're past midfield you're in opponent territory and it's more likely that a team could go for it on 4th down. It's basically a game of field position
@6:38 also after a safety instead of kicking the ball to the team who just gave up the two points they have to kick it to the team that was just on defense. So the defense scores two points and gets their team the ball.
It's very easy to see the similarities between American Football and War. Opposing linemen face eachother much like WW1 trench warfare, with each team trying to gain/defend territory. Running backs drive (ROLL) thru the lines like tanks. Passes are like artillery or air attacks (long bombs). Defenses block missiles (passes), halt (plug holes) advances at the line or "blitz" the QB. Yeah I know....."corny", but it mimics even more when you see coaches develop and adjust attack/defense plans. It might be nice to see the history of the game in regards to how the positions have evolved. It's a passing game now but earlier there was the "Single Wing", the "T" formation, the "I" formation, the "Wishbone"....the "Pro" formation. All were radical attack concepts...until the Defense developed answers. In the "old" days the QB called the majority of plans based on a game plan. But now all plays are called by the coaches, not thegreen dot on QB helmets signify radio Helmer. Plus play books on QB arm. I first saw that in the 60s but that was an emergency when all the QBs for the Colts were injured and a Running Back played the whole game as QB, so he needed help in the firm of plays taped to his arm. Now everyone does it.
@4:42 "Is the defense typically larger?" Yes and no, these are general ranges obviously it doesn't cover everyone and most positions have sub varieties that swing one way or another. Offense: QB: prototypical size is 6'2-6-6 220ish but can be quite a bit smaller RB: 5'8-6'2 180-230 FB: 6'-6'2 230-250 WR: 5'10-6'4 180-220 but typical is around 6' 190-200 TE:6'2-6'6 230-280 OT: 6'4-6'7 300-320 OG: 6'-6'5 290-320 C: 6'-6'2 300 Defense DT: 6'-6'4 280-340 DE: 6'-6'6 260-300 OLB: 6'-6'4 240-280 ILB: 6'-6'4 220-250 CB: 5'9-6'2 180-210 Safeties: 5'10-6'2 200-220
The 'Huddle' the quarterback will call the play (the plan) using numbers. Then the offence will line up in different patterns, a guy is to the left a foot or standing back a foot.Guys behind the quarter back are in different places. Offence are to make a move in certain directions or set up a fake pass to a player and then quickly change and throw to the other receiver or hand off to a player (decided in the huddle)all trying to trick the defence. The quarterback may change the play at the hike. That is what he is doing when just shouting numbers just before the hike. It may be because he see a weakness in how the defence lines up, receiver go forward turn right might be "6". Plays can also be called in by the coach or the high up in the boxes above the stands where managers are watching for weaknesses in the oppositions plays from far up. You will hear "6, 43,12...Hike!". Then you get into stats of who runs fastest, who gets the most sacks, punt returns.....
Other Offense schemes like the spread and west coast have similar approaches where passing the ball is dominate, but like the spread Offense is purposed to force defenses to play wider which can leave them vulnerable in areas where the QB can find relievers I open spaces or under spaces
While they showed all the offence and defense players, not all of them are necessarily on the field on every play, or in the numbers shown. Both offense and defense have different formations, or arrangements, of players on the field. An offence might run more wide receivers and fewer linemen or tight ends on passing plays, or decrease the WRs and have more blockers for a running play. Or they might set up what looks like a run then pass it. Same for defense, they will vary the numbers of linemen, linebackers, and safeties. Defensive linemen will either try to break through to the quarterback, or they will be assigned to tie up the offensive line to open gaps for the middle linebackers to break through on what's called a "blitz". They offensive line may do the same thing, where they try to open a gap for the runner to get through. Defensive linebackers and safeties are either blitzing, in "man to man" coverage of a specific offensive player, or in a "zone" defense, where they are guarding a specific area of the field. Each side is trying to "read" the other to figure out what they are going to do. The quarterback goes through what is called a "snap count" before calling for the snap, calling out random stuff like "Blue 32... red 15... hut 1 hut 2 HUT!!! Each play has an agreed upon word to start the play. A lot of the snap count is meaningless, but the QB can also use code words to change up the planned play based on how he is reading the defense. The QB will also try to trick the defense into "jumping the snap". No one on the defensive line can move an inch before the ball is snapped, if they do it's a 5 yard penalty. Like you said, it's a human chess game. A play may look like total chaos when you are new, but its all a carefully coordinated attack and defense.
American “gridiron” football (the field is called the gridiron due to the gridded field), rugby, and football/soccer all come from the same 11 vs 11 game.
As a former HS football player imma try and answer some questions. 4:34 there is no easy way to tell this, but based what I've seen imma say yes. On offense, the quarterback is usually the weakest in terms of weight, the receivers are a little heavier but have high agility, running backs/fullbacks are heavier than receivers but need to be just as fast, and linemen are usually the big heavy guys. One defense, the safeties and corner backs are equivalent to receivers in terms of weight, defensive backs are around the same size as running backs, and d line is usually the same as o line. If you were to go by this, the defense is slightly heavier than the offense, but the offense usually has higher skill. However, when comparing the offense and defense like this, the results usually varies by team. American football evolved straight from rugby, which is why the two are so similar. 7:41 the defensive player running with the intercepted ball and getting tackled is not counted as a down on the offense. Once the defensive player is tackled, the offense comes on and the play continues as normal. This video, however, is a very simplified overview. American football is an incredibly complex game, with numerous different strategies and rules that the video didn't cover. There are videos with a more in-depth analysis on different aspects of the sport, so I recommend watching those and (maybe) reacting to them.
American football has many different schemes, especially on Offense, terms like Shotgun offense, run and shoot, wishbone are different types of strategies for thr offense against the defense, and the Defense has thoer schemes like 4-4 , o 4-3 or Nickles and Dimes which are design to attack or adjust against the offense
Yeah it's a chess battle. Played it as a kid all the way up to my senior year in high school (TE and DE/OLB [edge rusher]) but instead of a chess battle, to me, it's the closest thing to an actual turn base rpg.
Only the quarterback can throw forward. Another player with the ball can pass to another to a player behind him but not pass forward. Called a 'lateral'. If a player jumps forward before the ball is 'hiked', he is 'offside', cost you 5 yards. You can now be in a situation of e.g., third down and 7 yards to go from second down a 2 yards to go. Must now gain 15 yards to retain the ball. Now First in Ten reset. Yes, if you intercept a pass you get possession of the ball for 4 downs. Also called 'overturns' . As in 12 overturns or turnovers this season.
One basic thing he didn't say is that there is a schedule for when the clock is stopped during plays. If a pass is incomplete, the clock stops and doesn't start again until the next play is started. In college ball, if a "First Down" is achieved (progressing ten or more yards in the four allotted downs) then the clock stops until the referees have spotted the ball on the field of play to commence the next series of downs at which time then the clock is restarted. If a player carries the ball out of bounds the clock is stopped until the next play is started. When the ball changes teams by any method (intentional kick, unintentional turnover) the clock stops at the end of the play and starts again at the start of the next play. If there is a penalty against one team, the clock is stopped while the penalty is assessed and is started again at different start points depending upon which team fouled or violated and the acceptance of the penalty or not. There are some other situations but that's why a one hour timed game can last four and a half actual hours (I've been to one like that). Another thing not addressed is the rules (and interpretations) governing the engagement of defensive to offensive players, fouls and violations, and the rules governing alignment of the offense and related situations.
Its not the NFL but there are condensed college football games on TH-cam that edit out the time between the end of one play and the start of the next play that last about 40 minutes. It may help get you used to watching the action as it unfolds on the screen as opposed to edited highlights. Also, the NFL Network has condensed NFL games into 60 minutes also but there will be some sort of fee or subscription involved. However, if you want more help with context and some replays and on screen diagramming by an analyst, a full broadcast is the way to go. Just be prepared for the barrage of commercials. Cheers!
Keep in mind that when speaking of the offensive and defensive lineman the offensive linemen may be just as big as the defensive lineman but often they're not quite as tall so that the quarterback can see over their heads to follow the action and pass. Coach is like offensive lineman to be a little bit shorter so that they can get underneath the defensive player for blocking. The defensive lineman are often tall to block the vision or the pass. Of course tall is a relative thing because most of these guys are minimum 6 foot 2 and more likely 6 foot four and up to about 6 foot eight. Most lineman weigh about 280 pounds to 330 pounds. The linebackers tend to be more athletic and rangy usually weighing around 250 pounds. They are the scariest people on the field. The defensive backfield will tend to be tall, fast, and way between 190 and 210 pounds The office of backfield offensive backfield will be a bit heavier with quarterbacks running 6 feet to 6 foot four. The running backs usually weigh anywhere from 190 to 230 pounds depending upon the team offensive scheme as a running team or a passing team. For the lighter players speed is essential. The quarterback typically does not run unless pressed.
If you need some request options, I recommend watching the movies Backdraft or The Messenger: The Joan of Arc Story. 2 of my personal favorites that nobody every tries to do. I just remember you asking for some ideas in another video. Hope this helps.
So basically if u look at older football games from like the 30s and 40s they look similar to Rugby, basically like run in a cloud of dust and start again, it was very simple and stressed getting minimum yardage all the way thru the endzone..end zone...
US football was created from Rugby. That is why it's so similar. Football (Soccer as it was called in Britain at the time) and Rugby came over to the US in the 1800s. In 1869 college rugby players at Princeton University decided they wanted to change Rugby to a game they wanted to play. They created the first US football team and rules. It was then adopted by other universities in the area, and thus US football was born. So yes, it has a lot of similarities to rugby.
It was 1880 and Walter Camp and crew passed rules to cut the number of players from 15 to 11, and separate the scrum. The game has evolved since then.
@@mortensen1961 1862 was when they first started to change the rules. The final version yes was in 1881.
I've heard Rugby described as "A Gentleman's Sport", if that's the case, "Football" (NFL style) is an Irish bar fight. =D
@@IggyStardust1967 beautiful
Regarding the defense vs. offense player sizes. The offensive line are the largest most run 6'2 -6'9 300+ lbs the Defensive lineman can have a couple of 300+lb DT on them but they use more speed and athleticism to get around or through the OLine and are typically 6'2" - 6'5" and between 300+ lbs - 270lbs. Offensive Running Backs are typically between 5'10" - 6'3" and range between 200-240lbs Defensive Linebackers are typically 6'2-6'5" and between 230-260 lbs. Tight Ends are typically 6'3-6'6" 225-260 lbs. Wide Receivers can range between 5'10"-6'5" 180-225lbs and Defensive backs will range between 5'10"-6'3" 180-225lbs. The typical QB is between 6'2" - 6'5" 210-250lbs. Kickers and Punters can be normal sized human with strong legs and reasonable athleticism but they are specialists. It's safe to say 96% of NFL athletes no matter what the position are way more athletic and stronger than your average person in their weight class. Think of football as a simulated game of war trying to move the battle line and the ball into your enemies base. You use the tanks, infantry, air force commanded by generals to attack as well as to defend.
The main difference between rugby & AFB is in AFB planned out strategic plays by all 11 players are used on every single down .
This is why there is a "Pause" between each play. The coach is sending in the next corrdinated plan .
Both offense & Defensive do this .
In rugby these are called "set plays", such as the scrum or line out.
Every play in am football is a set play.
@@rhoetusochten4211correct
I think if you watch a few games and listen closely to the commentators, you will pick up the rules and nuances of the game pretty quickly, since you already have a head-start knowledge of rugby. The nice thing is that the announcers don't just give you the play-by-play of what is happening on the field, they also give you a lot of "filler" information about the intended plays, strategies, etc. and they will re-show the best camera angle of certain plays and explain them in more detail.... very helpful to a casual fan, such as myself.
A typical game lasts three hours.
The thing I like about football is that it is “discreet” - each play has a definitive start and an end, and a determination of outcome. As opposed to soccer or basketball, which are “continuous”.
The word you want is "discrete." Now, if you want me to be discreet, I'll keep things on the DL and promise not to tell a soul. 🤞🤐
@@kaziu312 .... was that really necessary? I mean, I'll give the benefit of the doubt and blame auto-correct.
I think this is a decent, basic review. There's more nuance and complexity. Schemes, positioning, strategy, challenge guidelines, overtime in regular season vs overtime in playoffs. Differences between college and pros. On-sides kicks to try to re-gain possession after a score. Penalties get especially complicated -- because some are obvious and some are not. And . . . some are controversial. Some are flagrant and can result in expulsion from the current game or a future game. Really takes watching some games to fully appreciate and/or understand. Nice reaction.
Meh.. it's hard to trust a basic review that doesn't even mention the line of scrimmage.
As soon as the guy started talking I was sitting there thinking wait a minute shouldn’t an American be doing a video about the rules of American football? This guy does not sound American.
@@pjschmid2251 Not really, there's people from other countries that watch it lmao, my German friend knows more about American football than me.
They also could have used better plays to show as examples. For example, when he talked about a forward pass the play he showed wasn't even a completion.
You should do a live stream for the Super Bowl that way there will be a chat available to help and interact with! Everyone would be able to help with context for situations, penalties, players, things commentators say, etc
That’s a great idea.
Outstanding idea! Kabir, make this happen!
The fullback pretty much no longer exists in football. As for size, the defense isn't necessarily larger. The defensive line is huge because they're going up against the huge offensive line. But the cornerbacks and safteys are smaller and quicker because they are defending the receivers.
There are a few fullbacks left. Kyle Juszczyk is probably the most notable one.
Reggie Gilliam is the fullback for the Buffalo Bills, though I've noticed that he oftentimes lines up where a tight end would be. Which makes sense, because the best runner on the Bills for the past three years has been the quarterback, and it's easier to have him block for Josh Allen if he's closer to the line.
Kyle Juszczyk
You can expect a game to last 3-4 hours. Depends on how many penalties, scores, injuries, reviews, and a number of other things can affect how long a game is. The clock stops for all of those. The closer a game is, the longer the last few minutes of each half will take. Then there’s overtime. Overtime rules will be explained durning a game if it goes into overtime, so you can find out about that at that time because the rules can change depending on regular season or playoffs or they change rules in the offseason
and the television contracts require them to air the entire game, even if it goes into overtime
Nothing is longer than the last 5 minutes of a close football game.
Even the NFL doesn't understand all the rules.
8 billion people on Earth and no two can agree on what a catch actually is. lol
Yeah.... yeah you're right on that one, lmao.
"Football move"
This year in particular it seems like the refs certainly don't.
Kabir I would’ve thought you were beyond this video by now 😂
Those are just the Primetime big matchup games that are on really late at night for you in the UK, most games are played at noon start so like 6 or 7 pm for you in the UK
A few important rules that were left out are tackling and passing....
TACKLING: You can do pretty much anything you want to the guy with the ball, and almost nothing to the players without it. The down ends when the ball goes out of bounds, or when the player with the ball goes DOWN, meaning any body part besides hands & feet touched the ground while in contact with an opponent.
BACKWARD PASS: You can pass the ball BACKWARDS to a teammate at any time, and it can even be tossed from player to player, as many times as you want.
FORWARD PASS: But there are a lot of restrictions on the FORWARD PASS. You can only throw the ball forwards once in a play, and it HAS to cross the line of scrimmage (where the ball started from). Also there must either be someone within catching range of where you're throwing to (an "eligible receiver"), or else the quarterback must have managed to run far enough towards the sideline on his own first. If not, it's a penalty called "intentional grounding", since you're not supposed to be able to throw it away simply to avoid being hit and losing yards.
Re tackling - must be below the neck. Tackling via facemask or helmet is a huge penalty (risk of neck/spinal injury).
A few differences between the NFL and College football. In the NFL the receiver who catches the ball must come down with complete control of the ball and BOTH feet inbounds. In college football, they only have to have ONE foot in bounds.
You also asked what happens after an interception or fumble. If the Defense intercepts the ball they usually try to run towards their end zone to score a touchdown. If they succeed, it's known as a PICK 6 because they picked it off and scored a Touchdown. And yes, they then get to try for either the 1 point conversion or the 2 point conversion. Same goes for a fumble recovery, if they recover it, have not been touched or are still upright, they can try to score a touchdown just like a pick 6. If the offense recovers the fumble and are on the ground and touched, the ball is dead and they start the next play from that spot.
A couple of other minor rules. When a ball is punted or on a kickoff the person catching it can advance as far as they can. If they instead are worried about all these big dudes hitting them, they can wave their hand while the ball is in the air and that tells everyone that he has no intention of running and the offense starts from that spot. It's called a fair catch. The defenders are not allowed to touch the returner if he signals a fair catch
If the ball is kicked so it bounces out of the end zone or the returner decides not to return it, thats called a touchback and the ball is brought to the 20 yard line where the offense begins the attempt to go 80 yards and score
It probably sounds silly but one of the best ways to start to understand football is to play Madden or something like that. You start to see all the moving pieces. It's how I learned when I was younger.
The offensive line is usually made up of the biggest players. They need to protect the quarterback but don't need to be as agile as defensive players. Think of them being an impenetrable wall between the defense and quarterback
4:43 Offensive and Defensive linemen are typically of the same caliber (size, weight, etc.). When I used to watch football (a very long time ago), the Fullback was usually a larger/heavier version of the Running Back and was therefore utilized more often as an additional blocker, though he was just as comfortable running with, or catching a short pass just like a Running Back. The Quarterback will make adjustment calls on the field to modify plays or to point out a potential threat that he reads on the Defense. Sometimes these calls will alert the Fullback that he will be used to run a play rather than be used as an additional blocker.
6:49 Commercial Breaks (for TV, i.e., NFL income) accounts for a large portion of the breaks taken during a game. Then there are penalties, time-outs and incomplete passes, which will stop the game-clock. A whistle blow (by a referee) will also stop the game-clock. 7:44 Yes, an interception ends a teams possession of the ball and therefore each team much now bring their respective Offensive or Defensive squads onto the field. Hope this helps a little, but it has also been a long time for me and some things may have changed since I watched. Basketball has also changed a lot since I used to watch. Yeah, you need to watch games on a regular basis and you'll pick up the rules fairly quickly then. I used to watch every NFL game that I could back in the day, not just the ones for my favorite team. That way, I had a better read of which teams were in the running for a potential playoff match-up, win or loss or would be first in the draft selections. Before you know it, you'll be able to tell the difference between a trap-play, a flea-flicker, a hail-Mary and all. 😆😉👍
A football game typically lasts around 3 hours start to finish.
One thing to remember is that the formations are not always the same. The narrator gave a sort fo basic offense and basic defense formation. The only real restriction on formations is that the offense must have a minimum of 7 men on the line of scrimmage at the time the ball is snapped. The down linemen cannot move forward once they are set until the ball is snapped. Those are really the only constraints to formations.
Yes, every time a team gets the ball they have 4 downs. Pro games usually last about 3-3.5 hours because commercials timeouts and halftime.
You've already seen the highly specialized positions. You have to watch the game to see the STRATEGY involved. American football is more like chess than rugby, but played with superheroes.
One thing I'd add, RE; the lines superimposed on the tv screen (2.30 in the video). There's also a blue line there - that's the line of scrimmage, which tells where the ball was placed at the beginning of the play. It moves as the ball advances.
Those lines have almost ruined watching a game live now. They make the experience so much better and easier to follow.
@@lewisgrace7777 I remember when the NHL experimented with adding a trailing line to the hockey puck for their TV broadcasts. At first I liked that it was much easier to find the puck onscreen. But then I realized that I had gotten lazy about following the puck through the movement of the players.
It's much more fun and exciting to track the puck by the movement and reactions of the players on the ice, which also lets you predict where it's going to be by reading how the play advances. You get in the players' head more and get an internalized sense of how things are unfolding rather than just watching a dot on the screen.
Also, if you want to watch a great podcast here on TH-cam about football, it’s called New Heights. It’s the Kelce Brothers. They play for two different NFL teams, and are actually going up against each other in this years Super Bowl. It’s a really entertaining, insightful, funny and educational.
In Rugby Union, you do not get a penalty kick after scoring a try. That kick is called a "conversion". If it is successful, you get a further 2 points. On the subject of American Football, who can tackle whom and in what manner?
Another important thing to know is that there are restrictions to how the Offense can line up for a play. There must be at least 7 men lined up at the line of scrimmage, and there can be no more than 4 in the backfield. Of the players at the scrimmage line only the 2 lined up at the outside are eligible to catch a pass. The Center, Guards and Tackles wear numbers between 50 and 79. On a pass play they may not cross the line of scrimmage before the pass is made. Men with those numbers may line up in an eligible position but they must report so to an official who will advise the Defense that he is eligible. The Defense may line up however they wish as long as all are on their side of the line,
Kabir : this years Super Bowl has 2 distinctions
1. For the first time ever 2 African American coaches are in
2. For only the 2nd time brothers will be facing each other ( the first time was coaches Jim and John harbugh who coached the Baltimore ravens and the San Francisco49ers respectively ) this time it’s Travis ( who plays for Kansas city ) and Jason Kelce ( who plays for the Philadelphia Eagles ) who will play against each other
Clarification. Two African American quarterbacks for the first time ever in a SuperBowl.
@@timb.4742 Neither QB is from Africa and Patrick Mahomes mom is white as snow
The Super Bowl teams have been set!! The gritty, persevering, but somewhat injury-stricken Kansas City Chiefs, champions in 2020, versus the absolutely rolling Philadelphia Eagles, champions in 2018, each trying to return to football’s pinnacle! Should be a good matchup. Sunday, February 12 at 11:30pm London time!
I have been a Football Official for 20 years. I enjoyed your reaction. I LOVE the game.
Re your question about what happens after an interception. The player who intercepts (catches the ball) immediately runs it back until tackled. Then that team's offensive squad comes onto the field, and they have 4 downs to gain 10 yards from that point. The video mentioned punts on 4th down, intended to give the other team the ball, but in a disadvantageous position. It didn't point out that field goal attempts are almost always on 4th down (the other main situation is if a team is trailing by 3 points or less and time is running out). If they feel like they're close enough to have a good chance at a field goal, they'll do that instead of punting.
What I love about ALL sports is the strategy. So, in a way, it is a chess match.
Yes, strategy wasn't discussed at all, nor should it have been in this introduction video.
Like anything else, it all gets much more interesting when teams engage strategy. What kinds of plays do the offense and defense try to play on any given down -- not all downs should be played the same way. Coaxing the opposing team to commit a penalty is interesting, too. And penalties that players SHOULD commit.
I call American football "chess with giants."
A good thing to learn is when and why the game clock stops and starts. "Clock management" usually becomes very important at the end of the first half or the end of a close game.
Ever duel in an RPG game? Kinda like that in taking turns with the attack. Typically early on in the match, at 4th down, teams will basically punt the possession. Only in the business end of the match where you see teams going for it on 4th down.
The defense isn’t necessarily by any means larger than the offense, considering that the offense has a full line of big and often massive guys in front of the quarterback whose job it is to protect the quarterback from the defense, to essentially be his bodyguards.
It varies by team, but if you go by a positions average weight the defense is a little heavier than the offense.
Spot on. Some coaches want the biggest defensive line they can get to stop the run, others want smaller (still huge) players to get to the quarterback.
Football diverged from rugby gradually, but especially when the forward pass became legal in 1906. Then the ball was reduced in size to make it easier to throw accurately.
You might look at the rules of Canadian Football. It is similar to NFL but has a larger field and one fewer down. Some guys who don't make it to the NFL try the CFL for a while. The desire to protect the CFL is one reason there are no NFL teams in Canada.
And don't forget one extra player on the field for each team.
This is an extremely high level overview of the rules for American Football. A great start, but once you start watching games you'll notice there's a lot more to the game
He's been doing it for a hot minute.
If the defense recovers the ball via fumble or interception, the offense of that team starts with all four downs. This is true for the start of any possession for a team. I believe it’s even true if the defense intercepts and then fumbles to the offense in the same play.
Check out nfl protecting teammates next. Doing a dirty hit will definitely put a target on your back from his friends!😂
This is a very nice overview. The rules will bog anyone down, even the commentators get lost at times, which is why they have former refs to explain in detail for the broadcast.
Anyhow, if you know the basics, it'll add up as the game moves along. And as annoying as the commentators are at times (or all the time depending), they'll fill ya in.
Been waiting for this one 😄 solid reaction
How have we gone this long without you watching this video Kabir...SMH In the NFL the biggest guys are generally the offensive line. The OLine is primarily the biggest guys on the field 6'2 (188cm) or Taller around 300-350lbs (130-160Kg). Remember their job is to push the other big guys to make holes for the running backs. They also have to stop the more athletic DLinemen and Linebackers from getting to the QB. I think the best way to learn is by playing MADDEN. MADDEN is an old Coach in the League turned broadcaster turned Video Game. It's the EA Sports NFL game. Great way to learn the players and the game.
There are some weird rules, mostly to cover creative uses of rules that were considered to be unfair. The then Oakland Raiders did one play with successive forward “fumbles” and gained quite an advantage. That play is now illegal.
@ the 01:05 minute mark. Turn Overs. If the offence fails to gain 10 yards in 4 downs, the ball is "Turned Over" to the other team at the exact place the ball is currently is positioned. This is why on 4th down many teams choose to punt/kick the ball down field instead. To get the ball as far away as possible from the scoring end zone. Fumbles and interceptions are also both called "Turn Overs." After a turn over the ball possessing team starts automatically with four downs to make ten yards.
Well done video! Clearly explains the basic rules of the game.
A few more important tidbits:
An offensive player committing a penalty in their own endzone can result in a safety by rule.
The kick on a field goal or PAT can hit off of the "uprights" or "crossbar", as long as it still goes in afterwards it is good. There's a famous game from a few years back that ended on a "double doink", hitting off an upright and then onto the crossbar before landing in/out.
If a turnover is collected, it can be returned until that player is stopped. If they are stopped outside of the endzone, that guy's team takes over on offense and gets 1st down and 10 yards, same as any other drive.
After scoring, you typically do a kickoff. If a player collects the kicked ball in the endzone or it bounces out of the endzone, then it is a touchback and offense starts at their own 25 yard line. If the ball is collected in the field of play, the offense starts wherever the ball ends up and can be returned until stopped. The collecting player can waive an arm over the head to signal "Fair catch", whereby the cannot be tackled, but also cannot advance the ball anymore (and attempting to do is a penalty). If any player on the receiving team touches the ball (intentionally or otherwise), then its a live ball that either side can recover (essentially a fumble). If nobody on the receiving team catches or touches it, then the kicking team will wait for it to roll as far as possible towards the endzone and touch it themselves to "down the punt" and end the play (and sometimes if it starts bouncing the wrong way they will have to grab it before it stops).
However, in certain situations where a team is behind late or doing a very risky move trying to catch the other side off guard, a team may elected to attempt an onside kick instead. They kick it short, usually trying to get a lot of bounce for maximum chaos and attempt to recover it. It fails most of the time, resulting in the other side getting a "short field" as you didn't kick it deep, but can occasionally succeed resulting in the team that just scored keeping possession and attempting to score again. A lot of the punters at the college level at come from Australia, with a strong footy background. There's an academy there that helps people with strong kicking skill but maybe not quite enough to make it in the AFL learn to punt then get a spot on a university team. (in fact, the reigning champions have an Aussie punting... although not a lot, considering how much they scored on TCU.)
The field positioning charts display is accurate, but shows only one of the most common base formations in football. The chess match within the game is the best part, how each unit tries various stuff to beat the other side, and evolves over the course of the game to whatever is working (the proverbial "halftime adjustments"). For a slightly more detailed breakdown:
The offense can go heavy backfield with what's called the triple option (look it up, much closer to Rugby and little if any emphasis on passing) and the "I-formation", or go into sets variously called "five-wide" or "empty backfield" where you don't have any runners at all (aside from maybe the QB) and instead have several pass catchers. There's 0, 1 and 2 TE sets (also rarely 3) and a ton of different route options for what the WRs can do downfield (Verticals, stop&go, hitch, slants, curls, crossing, fades, comebacks, etc).
The defense meanwhile is shown there in a 4-3 alignment (4 down linemen, 3 LBs). There's also 3-4 where they swap out the two Defensive Tackles for a Nose Tackle (NT) and an extra LB. The Nose Tackle is typically the largest guy on the field, and his job is just to eat up the Center (lining up directly across from him instead of on either side the DTs) and try to take one of the two Guards on either side of the Center with him. Just needs to be hard to block and force the offense to commit to a double team to slow that much human. The Linebackers can be listed in several different ways depending on where they line up or what they do after the snap. Outside linebacker (OLB), middle (MLB), inside (ILB), the league is even evolving to more specialized roles with fancy names like the Mike, Sam, Will, etc. One thing that's relative new, is the EDGE position. They function similar to a defensive end, but instead of being a down lineman (three-point stance with both feet and one hand on the ground) they do a little crouch at most and line up closer to what a LB does. This allows them to keep eyes on the QB (and O-Line shifts, pulls, counters, etc) and better react to any tells they might have, rather than a pre-set pass rushing job. The secondary will typically have a left and right corner, then the free and strong safeties (typically the last line of defense on a busted play). In obvious passing downs ("3rd and long"), you'll generally bring in a third corner, sometimes referred to as the nickle corner. Another relatively recent development is the STAR position, sort of a hybrid LB and Safety. They're tasked with recognizing what the offense is lined up for and reacting accordingly, stopping both run and pass plays, sometimes even calling out alignment shifts to teammates pre-snap. The corners, safeties, STAR, etc are collectively referred to as "defensive backs" (DBs), and especially on things like the dreaded prevent defense, can line up pretty deep. On some Hail Mary attempts, you may push them all the way back to line up directly on the goal line (or even run your tallest receiver out there to just bat anything down).
Dude, that’s way too much information
No, the Offensive line can be just as big as the Defensive line. I knew an offensive lineman that played for the Tampa Bay Bucs, and he was about 6'9" and about 280lbs. He was huge.
Yes. Interceptions get 4 downs.
In the CFL (Canadian football league), there are slightly different rules: like 3 downs instead of 4, 12 players instead of 11, and a 110 yard field instead of 100 yards. But it’s mostly similar
Kabir, although I am a huge soccer fan and don't feel I need it, many people need this type of video for soccer and definitely for rugby. I would live to see your reaction to one of those. Also, with your Arsenal killing it this season, some Premier League reactions would be awesome!
The ball having to cross the line or touch those orange markers at the end zone, makes for awesome looking dives.
You asked if the defense was bigger. It depends on the position. The Offensive Line (the guards, tackles, and center) and the Defensive Line (The ends and tacks) are generally the biggest players on the field, but one set isn't necessarily bigger than the other, it depends on the team. However, The Linebackers are generally bigger than the wide receivers and most (but not all) running backs. The Cornerbacks and Wide Receivers are generally the same size. Safeties are a bit of everything. Some are as big as linebackers, while others are smaller like cornerbacks/wide receivers.
The Super bowl this year is a 40 minute drive from my house. I will stay away from the Traffic Hell.
In old school football three players usually lined up behind the center, the quarterback was right behind the center, the halfback was a couple of yard back and the fullback was 'fully' back (4-5 yards). These terms stuck. Today the quarterback in the on field general, controlling the play. Most teams have running backs, which is the generic term for the guy who lines up behind the quarterback and runs the ball on running plays, although a larger extra back used for blocking or short yardage power plays is still referred to as a halfback.
And running backs can also be pass receivers.
If your team makes an interception and doesn't manage to score any points on that same play/down, their offensive team will come onto the field and yes, they start with a fresh four downs.
Always made me laugh that 60 minute game usually last at least three hours.
American Football or Grid Iron Football as some people like to call it, derived from Rugby, a Highly recommend looking up "A Football Life Forward Pass" that changed the Game and made it completely better!
No, the defense isn't usually consisting of larger players. Both offense and defense have players of comparable sizes at various positions. The largest players are usually the offensive linemen. The average weight of an NFL offensive lineman is 314 pounds.
Theres tons of games uploaded from official sources on TH-cam to watch. And apps like NFL Plus are available for folks outside the country to follow the action on demand so you don't have to stay up too late. Crazy as I feel for suggesting it, Madden (preferably an older better Madden game) is a great way to see how deep the plays and strategy goes.
Yes, watch the full games. I’m getting into cricket and just watching the highlights don’t cut it either.
Fullbacks are rarely used anymore despite the diagram. An extra receiver is most often used in his place.
I've been a huge college football fan my entire life and I still can't explain offsides and false start. These are two of the more common penalties (flags). There are a handful of differences between college and NFL, but it's the same game.
False start: all offensive players must remain still for at least 1 second. Called "being set". At that point 1, and only 1, offensive player can move backwards or laterally, called "being in motion". You can change who is in motion, but the 1 second rule applies.
If 2 players are moving at the snap, or if there is no time when all 11 are "set", or if any offe side players go toward the line after being set, that is a false start.
Offsides: I an offensive player is set beyond the line of scrimmage, he is offsides. If a defensive player moves beyond the line of scrimmage and does not return before the snap, he is offsides, called "defensive encroachment". If the defensive player crosses the line of scrimmage, and makes contact with an offensive player, or causes the offensive player to move, that is also encroachment.
In terms in interceptions if a defensive player catches it the play continues it does not stop until he is tackled or scores but if he is tackled the offence plays from where he was tackled
Yes, a defense intercepting the ball or recovering a fumble is a "turnover", which means the team now has possession of the ball and their offense comes on the field with 1st and 10.
Super Bowl is on Feb 12 this year. 6:30 PM Eastern Time.
If you force a turnover, you get the ball 1st and 10 wherever the play ends, except if it results in a score. If it's returned for a TD, then it's kicking an extra point or going for 2. If you get a first down at or inside the opponents 10 yard line, then it's first & goal.
Also you only get 2 challenges per game, but if you win both challenges you can get a third. You cannot challenge if you are out of time outs or challenges. In the last 2 minutes of either half or in overtime all reviews must be initiated by the official in the booth.
The rules on fumbles change on 4th Down and in the last 2 minutes of either half. If an offensive player fumbles the ball with less than 2 minutes left in the half, or on 4th down then the player that fumbled is the only player on the offense who can advance the ball should he recover. If anyone else on the offense recovers the fumble the ball is dead, either at the spot of the recovery, or the spot of the fumble, whichever is more favorable to the defense. The defense can always return a fumble.
with the 4 ways to score part, there is really 5 but the 5th one is soooooooo rare, you have to intercept the ball while the offence is going for an extra 2 points after their touchdown, and run it all the way back to your in zone which gives you 1 point.
This is a good video. I wish I had this when I tried to figure it out 40 years ago when I got married. Although my husband and his friends had a good time teaching me.
You should give it a chance. I played soccer or what you guys know as football throughout high-school. Sports are great.... and shared throughout the world. Love your channel my friend.
Offensive linemen are usually slightly bigger than defensive lineman. Defense is more for speed and offense for immovablity.
Offense has a maximum of 4 players in the backfield and minimum 7 on the offensive line (line of scrimmage). The players lined up in the backfield (backfield is anyplace inbounds 1 yard behind the ball) and the 2 end players on the offensive line are eligible to go downfield and catch passes (eligible receivers). The tricky part, if a player in the backfield accidently stand too close to the line of scrimmage, he becomes the end person and makes the person next to him ineligible. (that's why you see them step backward) Interior offensive linemen cannot run downfield on pass plays (until after a pass is thrown). Ineligible man downfield is the penalty. On pass plays, the defense only has to cover the eligible receivers. If the offense puts 10 players on the offensive line (line of scrimmage) only the 2 end players and the quarterback are eligible to carry the ball. If there's 9 players on the line and 2 in the backfield, there are 4 players eligible to carry the ball (2 ends and 2 in the backfield) Offensive linemen are not allowed to catch passes or run with the ball. For fun, look at the offensive formation and see if you can pick out the eligible receivers, it's harder than it sounds. The defense has positions but there is no requirement for any position to line up in any specific location. The offensive players know who they generally will be playing against but it can change, literally during the play.
The penalties trip lots of people up. What the different penalties are, what constitutes a penalty, how the penalties can be avoided, and the punishments for receiving a penalty, so on and so forth. For instance, what is "holding"? What separates offensive holding from defensive holding? What separates a defensive hold from pass interference? Little things like that. Watching games helps a lot as the color commentators usually do a decent job of explaining these things as they're happening.
Typically, a professional football game takes closer to 4 hours than 3, but a significant amount of that time is for "breaks", for TV commercials.
There are two types of defensive line-up; 3-4 and 4-3. The 3-4 has three line-men at the front while 4 stay slightly behind to rush in. The opposite is true of 4-3. This does not include the cornerbacks who follow the reeivers and the safeties who stand way back to cover the field as the reeivers come up. The rules are also different if it's ollege football or professional football. College football is also pretty big with stadiums that can seat over 100k people. There's also different leagues in colleage football and a playoff to see who wins the title as national champion just like in a Super Bowl.
Actually, the biggest players (physically) tend to be offensive lineman. Defensive tackles tend to be about the same size but defensive ends are usually slightly smaller and faster.
If you intercept the ball you have the chance of running with the ball all the way to the end zone and scoring because the play hasn't ended, if you are tackled after an interception before you can score a touchdown then your offense comes on the field at the place your man was tackled before being able to score and they are given 4 downs to make 10 years from there. Even if your team doesn't score a touchdown off of an interception an interception often allows your team to run deep into the opposing teams side of the field and so usually sets up for an easy play into the end zone for a touchdown.
The defense are considerably larger. We even have the phrase "hes built like a linebacker" because a linebacker is essentially an immovable object.
They are consistently over 225 lb and 6+ ft tall. A lot of them might look overweight too but all of them are incredibly athletic and in excellent shape of course.
One very important thing needed to understand what's going on that this video leaves out is how the offense is required to line up for play and who can catch passes. By rule seven of the eleven offensive players must be on the line of scrimmage (the imaginary line across the field where the ball is placed), of these only the two outside end players are allowed to catch passes. The five interior linemen can only block on pass plays and cant run down the field until the ball is thrown, they are usually selected for size and strength since their main job is blocking (pushing an opposing player).
A 'tight end' is a line end player (thus eligible to catch passes) who lines up next to the offensive line and is larger than a normal pass catcher so he can help block on runs as opposed to a 'wide end' who lines up away from the other players (thus forcing the defense to spread out more).
Also the unique thing about American Football like soccer it has different styles, for Example thr Run and Shoot Offense is basically almost All passing plays, where the Offense rarely runs the ball. Normally has one running back in the backfield and no Tight ends just relievers usually 4.. and basically the quarterback just throw all round.
Hey Kabir! Great reaction as usual! As others have mentioned, most games are about 3 hours all told. For example, college football games on Saturdays start at noon (eastern time) and the 2nd block of games then start at either 330 or 4pm, and the late games are typically starting at 730-8pm. There are some west coast games that start at 10-11 eastern time. I live in Ohio which is eastern time so you can literally watch football on a Saturday during college football season from noon until about 2 or 3am, every weekend.
Second, there are some rule differences between the NFL and College football. Not major, but two always confuse people. First, in the NFL, if you fall down or lose your balance on your own, you can get back up and keep running as long as no one on the defense touches you while you're on the ground. College football, you're down where you fell, no matter if you weren't touched. Also, in order to catch as pass in the NFL, you have to have both feet touch in bounds. In college football, you only have to touch one foot in bounds, but it has to come down before the other foot (or any other body part) touches out of bounds.
Also, *offensive* linemen are usually the biggest players on the field. The average sized NFL offensive lineman is 6'5 and 315 pounds (195.58 cm/142.882 kg)
You normally use 3 downs to try and get the 10 yards, if you're pinned back close to your own end zone you use 4th down to punt the ball down the field away from your endzone. If you're past midfield you're in opponent territory and it's more likely that a team could go for it on 4th down. It's basically a game of field position
@6:38 also after a safety instead of kicking the ball to the team who just gave up the two points they have to kick it to the team that was just on defense.
So the defense scores two points and gets their team the ball.
Modern football on TV makes it much easier. The graphics overlays tell you almost everything.
And... it's based on Rugby. Thus the similarities.
It's very easy to see the similarities between American Football and War. Opposing linemen face eachother much like WW1 trench warfare, with each team trying to gain/defend territory. Running backs drive (ROLL) thru the lines like tanks. Passes are like artillery or air attacks (long bombs). Defenses block missiles (passes), halt (plug holes) advances at the line or "blitz" the QB.
Yeah I know....."corny", but it mimics even more when you see coaches develop and adjust attack/defense plans.
It might be nice to see the history of the game in regards to how the positions have evolved. It's a passing game now but earlier there was the "Single Wing", the "T" formation, the "I" formation, the "Wishbone"....the "Pro" formation. All were radical attack concepts...until the Defense developed answers. In the "old" days the QB called the majority of plans based on a game plan. But now all plays are called by the coaches, not thegreen dot on QB helmets signify radio Helmer. Plus play books on QB arm. I first saw that in the 60s but that was an emergency when all the QBs for the Colts were injured and a Running Back played the whole game as QB, so he needed help in the firm of plays taped to his arm. Now everyone does it.
@4:42 "Is the defense typically larger?"
Yes and no, these are general ranges obviously it doesn't cover everyone and most positions have sub varieties that swing one way or another.
Offense:
QB: prototypical size is 6'2-6-6 220ish but can be quite a bit smaller
RB: 5'8-6'2 180-230
FB: 6'-6'2 230-250
WR: 5'10-6'4 180-220 but typical is around 6' 190-200
TE:6'2-6'6 230-280
OT: 6'4-6'7 300-320
OG: 6'-6'5 290-320
C: 6'-6'2 300
Defense
DT: 6'-6'4 280-340
DE: 6'-6'6 260-300
OLB: 6'-6'4 240-280
ILB: 6'-6'4 220-250
CB: 5'9-6'2 180-210
Safeties: 5'10-6'2 200-220
The 'Huddle' the quarterback will call the play (the plan) using numbers. Then the offence will line up in different patterns, a guy is to the left a foot or standing back a foot.Guys behind the quarter back are in different places. Offence are to make a move in certain directions or set up a fake pass to a player and then quickly change and throw to the other receiver or hand off to a player (decided in the huddle)all trying to trick the defence. The quarterback may change the play at the hike. That is what he is doing when just shouting numbers just before the hike. It may be because he see a weakness in how the defence lines up, receiver go forward turn right might be "6". Plays can also be called in by the coach or the high up in the boxes above the stands where managers are watching for weaknesses in the oppositions plays from far up. You will hear "6, 43,12...Hike!". Then you get into stats of who runs fastest, who gets the most sacks, punt returns.....
Other Offense schemes like the spread and west coast have similar approaches where passing the ball is dominate, but like the spread Offense is purposed to force defenses to play wider which can leave them vulnerable in areas where the QB can find relievers I open spaces or under spaces
While they showed all the offence and defense players, not all of them are necessarily on the field on every play, or in the numbers shown. Both offense and defense have different formations, or arrangements, of players on the field. An offence might run more wide receivers and fewer linemen or tight ends on passing plays, or decrease the WRs and have more blockers for a running play. Or they might set up what looks like a run then pass it. Same for defense, they will vary the numbers of linemen, linebackers, and safeties. Defensive linemen will either try to break through to the quarterback, or they will be assigned to tie up the offensive line to open gaps for the middle linebackers to break through on what's called a "blitz". They offensive line may do the same thing, where they try to open a gap for the runner to get through. Defensive linebackers and safeties are either blitzing, in "man to man" coverage of a specific offensive player, or in a "zone" defense, where they are guarding a specific area of the field. Each side is trying to "read" the other to figure out what they are going to do. The quarterback goes through what is called a "snap count" before calling for the snap, calling out random stuff like "Blue 32... red 15... hut 1 hut 2 HUT!!! Each play has an agreed upon word to start the play. A lot of the snap count is meaningless, but the QB can also use code words to change up the planned play based on how he is reading the defense. The QB will also try to trick the defense into "jumping the snap". No one on the defensive line can move an inch before the ball is snapped, if they do it's a 5 yard penalty. Like you said, it's a human chess game. A play may look like total chaos when you are new, but its all a carefully coordinated attack and defense.
I wish I could watch the Super Bowl with you! It would be so fun!
American “gridiron” football (the field is called the gridiron due to the gridded field), rugby, and football/soccer all come from the same 11 vs 11 game.
As a former HS football player imma try and answer some questions.
4:34 there is no easy way to tell this, but based what I've seen imma say yes. On offense, the quarterback is usually the weakest in terms of weight, the receivers are a little heavier but have high agility, running backs/fullbacks are heavier than receivers but need to be just as fast, and linemen are usually the big heavy guys. One defense, the safeties and corner backs are equivalent to receivers in terms of weight, defensive backs are around the same size as running backs, and d line is usually the same as o line. If you were to go by this, the defense is slightly heavier than the offense, but the offense usually has higher skill. However, when comparing the offense and defense like this, the results usually varies by team.
American football evolved straight from rugby, which is why the two are so similar.
7:41 the defensive player running with the intercepted ball and getting tackled is not counted as a down on the offense. Once the defensive player is tackled, the offense comes on and the play continues as normal.
This video, however, is a very simplified overview. American football is an incredibly complex game, with numerous different strategies and rules that the video didn't cover. There are videos with a more in-depth analysis on different aspects of the sport, so I recommend watching those and (maybe) reacting to them.
American football has many different schemes, especially on Offense, terms like Shotgun offense, run and shoot, wishbone are different types of strategies for thr offense against the defense, and the Defense has thoer schemes like 4-4 , o 4-3 or Nickles and Dimes which are design to attack or adjust against the offense
Yeah it's a chess battle. Played it as a kid all the way up to my senior year in high school (TE and DE/OLB [edge rusher]) but instead of a chess battle, to me, it's the closest thing to an actual turn base rpg.
Only the quarterback can throw forward. Another player with the ball can pass to another to a player behind him but not pass forward. Called a 'lateral'. If a player jumps forward before the ball is 'hiked', he is 'offside', cost you 5 yards. You can now be in a situation of e.g., third down and 7 yards to go from second down a 2 yards to go. Must now gain 15 yards to retain the ball. Now First in Ten reset.
Yes, if you intercept a pass you get possession of the ball for 4 downs. Also called 'overturns' . As in 12 overturns or turnovers this season.
One basic thing he didn't say is that there is a schedule for when the clock is stopped during plays. If a pass is incomplete, the clock stops and doesn't start again until the next play is started. In college ball, if a "First Down" is achieved (progressing ten or more yards in the four allotted downs) then the clock stops until the referees have spotted the ball on the field of play to commence the next series of downs at which time then the clock is restarted. If a player carries the ball out of bounds the clock is stopped until the next play is started. When the ball changes teams by any method (intentional kick, unintentional turnover) the clock stops at the end of the play and starts again at the start of the next play. If there is a penalty against one team, the clock is stopped while the penalty is assessed and is started again at different start points depending upon which team fouled or violated and the acceptance of the penalty or not. There are some other situations but that's why a one hour timed game can last four and a half actual hours (I've been to one like that). Another thing not addressed is the rules (and interpretations) governing the engagement of defensive to offensive players, fouls and violations, and the rules governing alignment of the offense and related situations.
Yes if you intercept a pass your team will get 4 downs. After the play of the interception has finished. Unless you score a touchdown
The game was adapted from….RUGBY. Forward passing didn’t come in until 40 years after he game was invented…
Its not the NFL but there are condensed college football games on TH-cam that edit out the time between the end of one play and the start of the next play that last about 40 minutes. It may help get you used to watching the action as it unfolds on the screen as opposed to edited highlights. Also, the NFL Network has condensed NFL games into 60 minutes also but there will be some sort of fee or subscription involved. However, if you want more help with context and some replays and on screen diagramming by an analyst, a full broadcast is the way to go. Just be prepared for the barrage of commercials. Cheers!
Keep in mind that when speaking of the offensive and defensive lineman the offensive linemen may be just as big as the defensive lineman but often they're not quite as tall so that the quarterback can see over their heads to follow the action and pass. Coach is like offensive lineman to be a little bit shorter so that they can get underneath the defensive player for blocking. The defensive lineman are often tall to block the vision or the pass. Of course tall is a relative thing because most of these guys are minimum 6 foot 2 and more likely 6 foot four and up to about 6 foot eight. Most lineman weigh about 280 pounds to 330 pounds. The linebackers tend to be more athletic and rangy usually weighing around 250 pounds. They are the scariest people on the field. The defensive backfield will tend to be tall, fast, and way between 190 and 210 pounds The office of backfield offensive backfield will be a bit heavier with quarterbacks running 6 feet to 6 foot four. The running backs usually weigh anywhere from 190 to 230 pounds depending upon the team offensive scheme as a running team or a passing team. For the lighter players speed is essential. The quarterback typically does not run unless pressed.
If you need some request options, I recommend watching the movies Backdraft or The Messenger: The Joan of Arc Story. 2 of my personal favorites that nobody every tries to do. I just remember you asking for some ideas in another video. Hope this helps.
All players on the line, offence and defence are huge.
So basically if u look at older football games from like the 30s and 40s they look similar to Rugby, basically like run in a cloud of dust and start again, it was very simple and stressed getting minimum yardage all the way thru the endzone..end zone...
Check out the Rules of Canadian Football.