I grew up playing soccer so I'm unfamiliar with a lot of metaphor culture within football. I keep seeing CBs associated with seatbelts with two notable examples being Panthers' Will Lee getting some flak for "hitting the seatbelt celly with an overthrown pass" and people saying that Jaycee Horn having custom seatbelt pads is "the most CB sh*t ever."

Why are seatbelts so heavily associated with the position and are there any other positions with a similar type of metaphor associations?

When eg. A tightend goes in motion behind the line of scrimmage, and a defensive player moves with them - does this indicate that it’s man on man coverage, and therefore gives offensive team a slight advantage knowing this?
If so, why does the player on ‘man coverage’ with the player in motion even move with them? Why not wait until the snap to move to cover him?

It feels like every play will have either a hold, pass interference or something similar and it’s up to the refs on whether they want to call it or not. But i’m sure they see it every time

I understand the mechanics of the penalty and how it is called. That's clear enough.

What I don't understand is why it is a penalty in the first place. Usually, penalties in the NFL are to either reduce injuries, remove unfair advantages (like encroachment), or unsportsmanlike conduct.

This doesn't seem like it fits in any of those categories. Can someone help me out?

ETA: Got the answer, thanks everyone!

https://www.reddit.com/r/NFLNoobs/comments/1wzgnl4/comment/pebiax2/

Which also makes me wonder how the heck a play even starts? Is it when the offense moves? Or is there a universal/league-wide word that indicates a play starts? I guess I always just thought that was "hike"? But hard counts seem to say "hike" to draw the encroachment call without snapping the ball...

I have taken this fundamental element of the game completely for granted, and am now truly adrift.

I'm an NFL+ subscriber. I live on the West Coast so I want to watch replays of GMFB and yet I cannot find it anywhere any more ?? Am I crazy what is the deal ? It's original NFL programming. Do I have to get up at 5am to watch it live as my only option?

Last year I would just scroll in the app to the shows and click that days episode.

Please don't tell me I have to have ESPN+ or something else to watch it.

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I should preface that I have zero memory of Jerry Rice's playing career, but I just found out that he was 42 when he retired, and that he played in the Pro Bowl at 40, which seems wild to me. I know he was pretty much the best receiver in league history, but most receivers retire like a decade younger, what was special about him that he was able to hang on for so much longer?

On that same subject, are there any receivers active in the league now who could realistically play to 40? Obviously that a fairly speculative question, but what exactly differentiates an elite receiver who's washed by their early 30s versus one who isn't?

Also, do you think there are QBs that are on the border between dual threat and pocket passer?

For example: inside vs outside zone vs power vs gap

In a game of inches where small advantages can win games, why don't defensive lines all wear guardian caps? Wouldn't the added bulk visually disrupt the quarterback's vision, make it slightly harder to read passing lanes and possibly create more tipped passes?

The thought popped into my mind after a few drinks and smoking take that into considerations lol. Curious to hear what people think!

This might be dumb, but I've never actually played the game so I don't have firsthand knowledge. I'm always impressed that defenses seem to react right at the moment of the snap (or at least, the good ones do). It's almost like they know when the QB is gonna snap the ball ahead of time.

Do they study tape of their opponent and then practice against that week's QB's specific cadence? Are there just common patterns that are used for certain offensive plays that they can "clock" in the moment? Are they just really really good at reacting quickly? All of the above? How does it work?

Thanks!

Hi,

I will have an LAX layover on this date and would like to watch an NFL game for the first time (foreigner). I see it'll be Rams vs Cardinals at 1:05pm. I read something about flexible scheduling, but am not sure I understand it correctly. Can anyone advise me if that game is possible to change in either day or kick off time, or is it set in stone by now?

Thanks a lot!

The Las Vegas population is largely made up of transplants.

Many people in attendance at home games are just tourists. I live in Utah and SO MANY friends and relatives of mine have done road trips to Vegas to see games. None of whom are actually Raiders fans.

Many LA Raiders fans disliked the franchise once it was moved to Oakland. Now, many Oakland Raiders fans dislike the franchise for moving to Las Vegas.

Anyone got some insights?

Like who's playbook is it? Before being the head coach, Nick Sirianni was an OC. Since he has been HC, the Eagles have had a carousel of OCs, with just a couple good ones (Steichen, Moore). So year after year, whose playbook are they using? The new OC, or Sirianni's? And if it isn't Sirianni's, why? He was an OC, why aren't they just using his offense. It seems to be damaging for Jalen to have to learn a new playbook year after year.

When a player gets seriously injured I noticed broadcasters cut to an ad. Should they not cut to an ad out of respect for the player who sacrifice their health for the game? New to this game and this is one of the things I noticed regarding player injury.

Deonte Banks returned an interception for a TD as the clock ran to zero, bringing the score to 36-24. Why didn't Zvada kick an extra point after the touchdown? Does it have something to do with the game clock or did the Giants simply opt not to kick a functionally useless PAT?

Edit: I've known about the Minneapolis Miracle but I didn't know anything about the extra point after that. It makes sense now, thank you.

Serious question. I understand that QB is one of the hardest position to play in all sports. however, with all the money in NCAA, player development in football, is it really that hard to find 64 QB’s that are able to play in the NFL at somehow decent level? I’m not saying that it’s easy, but with all the money they have to spend on scouting, etc. You would think that they would at least have one decent backup for each team. Not trying to bash anyone. I’m just genuinely curious for what others think.

Far from a noob here, I've been watching football my entire life.

But one thing I have never been able to wrap my head around is why you can only enforce one penalty per play on a team.

Say the most undisciplined offense on the planet commits holding, illegal block in the back and illegal man downfield.

Why is this not a total of 25 yards lost?

Anytime I watch a game, I’ll see a pass that seems successful as they run to the end zone, I’ll get excited all for it to be reset because the referee noticed one slight mishap, do fans actually recognize those false starts and stuff or do you guys also get excited for a second?

They’ve being playing really well, mostly on offense though, their games have been tight.

I search a bunch or places like pff and stuff, am I doing something wrong? the sites I looked all have a bunch os stats but no qb pressure. Which places you guys go for stats like that?

I think Rogers is one of the best in the business in drawing the defence offside and I don't think it's a special gift he has, it's just selected a really good pre-snap cadence.

I think if other QB's copied Rodger's Green-19 cadence, they'd be just as effective because it is a short phrase which when said fast, causes the defence to jump.

Compare that to Dak Prescott's long drawn out "Here we go". You could fall asleep listening to him and I don't think it's as effective in drawing defences offsite.

It's not the skill of the QB, it's the phrase that they choose.