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<blockquote data-quote="danny daniel" data-source="post: 992292" data-attributes="member: 1376"><p>Some old terminology and old fundamentals and such:</p><p></p><p>full house backfield was QB under center, FB behind the QB, and a half back on each side of the FB. Most often also had two TEs lined up just outside the Tackles.</p><p>wideouts, split end, flanker, and now called wide receivers</p><p>short side of the field was weak side, now boundary</p><p>wide side of the field was strong side, now field side</p><p>end split out 3 or 4 yards was a flex end</p><p>was middle guard, now nose tackle</p><p>D linemen and LBs use to line up on the LOS inside eye or shoulder, outside eye or shoulder, or head up, but now gaps between players are alpha numbered</p><p>CB: use to be coached to not allow receivers to get outside of them, now it is the opposite</p><p>duel safeties use to sometimes "invert" (responding to presnap man in motion or post snap as run play develops)</p><p>TE use to line up on the LOS next to a tackle. Now he lines up where ever as presnap alignment has many variations</p><p>H back was a RB who might look like a smaller TE or a FB whose primary job was to block and he lined up usually somewhere close and behind the OL</p><p>Standup players (DEs, LBs, CBs, and safeties always lined up with outside foot back (to take the proper first step and to better avoid getting blocked inside). Now nobody cares about foot alignment</p><p>We always had a designated contain man on each side and on kick coverage.....lost art</p><p>We use to grab a shirt to put it on. Now grabbing someone elses shirt is part of the game.</p><p>lots of smaller guys use to could play the game but rule changes eliminating low blocks (even on D) have made it a big man's game</p><p>QBs use to have no special protection. Now there are pages of rules about thou shall not do such and such to the QB</p><p>assisting the runner use to be a penalty. Now it is a normal part of the short run game.</p><p>ball use to be placed where the player last stepped inbounds but now it is placed where the ref thinks the ball crossed the out of bounds line</p><p>as far as jersy numbers go we use to trade jerseys at halftime but of course that is now not legal</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="danny daniel, post: 992292, member: 1376"] Some old terminology and old fundamentals and such: full house backfield was QB under center, FB behind the QB, and a half back on each side of the FB. Most often also had two TEs lined up just outside the Tackles. wideouts, split end, flanker, and now called wide receivers short side of the field was weak side, now boundary wide side of the field was strong side, now field side end split out 3 or 4 yards was a flex end was middle guard, now nose tackle D linemen and LBs use to line up on the LOS inside eye or shoulder, outside eye or shoulder, or head up, but now gaps between players are alpha numbered CB: use to be coached to not allow receivers to get outside of them, now it is the opposite duel safeties use to sometimes "invert" (responding to presnap man in motion or post snap as run play develops) TE use to line up on the LOS next to a tackle. Now he lines up where ever as presnap alignment has many variations H back was a RB who might look like a smaller TE or a FB whose primary job was to block and he lined up usually somewhere close and behind the OL Standup players (DEs, LBs, CBs, and safeties always lined up with outside foot back (to take the proper first step and to better avoid getting blocked inside). Now nobody cares about foot alignment We always had a designated contain man on each side and on kick coverage.....lost art We use to grab a shirt to put it on. Now grabbing someone elses shirt is part of the game. lots of smaller guys use to could play the game but rule changes eliminating low blocks (even on D) have made it a big man's game QBs use to have no special protection. Now there are pages of rules about thou shall not do such and such to the QB assisting the runner use to be a penalty. Now it is a normal part of the short run game. ball use to be placed where the player last stepped inbounds but now it is placed where the ref thinks the ball crossed the out of bounds line as far as jersy numbers go we use to trade jerseys at halftime but of course that is now not legal [/QUOTE]
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