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Category Archives: Glossary
Gridiron Glossary: Silent Count
A silent count is a signal to snap the football that is used without words. In very loud environments it can be hard for the offense to hear the quarterback call out the snap count. This can lead to players … Continue reading
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Gridiron Glossary: Strong Safety
Strong Safety is the name given to one of the safeties (free safety is the other) to differentiate the two positions and divide responsibilities dependent on scheme. Most defenses have two safeties, the strong safety and the free safety. Depending … Continue reading
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Gridiron Glossary: Pocket
The area in the backfield from which the quarterback throws the ball after dropping back. The space for accepting a handoff created by a ball carrier’s hands. Putting it in his pocket, a phrase describing a quaterback taking a sack … Continue reading
Gridiron Glossary: The Mesh
The mesh is where the quarterback puts the ball into another players hands or against his stomach as part of a handoff or a fake handoff. The quarterback’s job is to put the ball on the running back’s stomach. The … Continue reading
Gridiron Glossary: Speed Option
The speed option is an option play where the quarterback immediately attacks the optioned defender without utilizing a potential handoff to a running back first. The speed option is fast compared to the triple option. The speed is created by … Continue reading
Gridiron Glossary: Reverse
An offensive play in which the ball is run in one direction before being handed or pitched to another player running in the opposite direction. A reverse is designed to use the defense’s pursuit against itself. The play begins by … Continue reading
Gridiron Glossary: Wheel route
A pass pattern, usually run in combination with a post pattern, in which an inside receiver or running back moves in a circular pattern toward the sideline and then continues vertically up the sideline. Here’s the play from the 2015 … Continue reading
Gridiron Glossary: Cushion
Cushion is the amount of space a defensive back puts between himself and the receiver. Cushion is easiest to see at the beginning of the play, but the term also describes the room that a receiver is given during the … Continue reading
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Gridiron Glossary: Numbered Personnel Groupings
A two digit numbering system for identifying the offensive skill players on the field at a given time. The numbered personnel grouping system is used by coaches and players but rarely by commentators and fans. The system makes some assumptions in … Continue reading
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Gridiron Glossary: Fold Block
A fold block is specific blocking technique where two offensive linemen block two defenders by crossing paths with one another. Almost always one offensive lineman will have a defender in front of him and an adjacent lineman will not. The lineman … Continue reading
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