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ORIGINAL: nmleague GW you have problems! Just becuase a player is normally a TE doesnt mean he is always a TE, once he steps off the LOS or splits away from the OT he is no longer in a TE position. Just as a HB that lines up off the LOS 10 yards outside the TE is no longer a HB, but a FL, or an OG that comes into the game and lines up in the backfield is no long a G but is now a RB. Positions are dictated by where a player lines up on the field, not by what position he normally may be considered. Many teams would put a player that is normally a TE in the backfield and then put him in motion or shift him to one side or another, he normally may be a TE , but in this situation he is a RB(or someteams call them an H back) , or if he moves outside he becomes a FL, or if he moves to the LOS outside the OT and if the SE on that side backs up off the LOS then he is again a TE. Officials dont care one bit about what a player calls himself, a TE that stands up and backs off the LOS doesnt have to say anything to an official, if someone else does not move up to the LOS then the offense has to many men in the backfield, if the TE was the last man on that side on the LOS the OT would now become eligible, but not all levels of football require that you inform the officials that a player is now an eligible receiver. Teams can create positions names like H back etc. as they want there is no position requirements, as long as rules are being followed you can call a player anythign you want. Try reading the my posts, again, half of what you post to me is not what I posted. By the way it is my point that yes there are definitions some where about what the players are; but not in the On-Line rules. When we discover there are already set definitions (by The NFL, not some Media outlet), then there is no arguement either way, no matter what we are told by the media (books, Coaches and etc). The media's definitions are unofficial definitions, that do not affect the rules*. What are players designated positions, before games, is the players' positions; no matter what he does. That is why a OT can be off the LOS for certain formations, thus plays, and still must stay with a certain distance from LOS, unlike all other non-OL positions that can move as far as they want. Also, it unlike the other OL positions that cannot move back at all. Yet, is he any thing else except a OT, to the NFL? Let me help you with this NO. That is why there can be a 3rd QB that can only be activited when the starter and backup is injured. Also, something you guys miss, by the 7-man rule and your line of thinking that players positions change, an uncovered OT is now a receive that is ineligiable. That is wrong he is an Ineligiable Receiver. The difference is slight but important, a OT can never ever become a receiver, he is a OT made to be classified as a Ineligiable Receiver, by a bad formation *-That is where we have the arguement; thus where it will end.
< Message edited by GWsFBAReservUrFBTeam -- 11/29/2006 1:16:18 AM >
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