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If you’re the 12th man on special teams shouldn’t you be aware of it? (alien.top)
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Do teams not use the same 11 players on field goal blocks for every play?

I can understand how you get 12 players on defense because someone was confused about what package you’re running, but if you’re the 12th guy on special teams shouldn’t you stop and think “Hey, I’m not usually out here for these plays, maybe I’m an extra?”

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[–] BEtheAT@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Darius Butler said on PMS that there are like 4 fg teams, base, nickel, dime were 3 that he stated. On fast change kicks the personnel is based on minimum subs to line up correctly. There was clearly a miscue on what group needed to be on the field