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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The 12th guy probably wrongly assumed they were just gonna play defense, which arguably they should have.
I thought the twelfth man was the crowd
Have we figured out who the 12th man was yet? I assume we can look back at previous FG attempts and match up the players.
Injuries, blocking scheme of the play, where the FG is being kicked from all can cause different personel on the field
How to say you’ve never played uniformed football without saying it
Omg… THAT plus… the other time has uno reverse timeouts themselves too! The superbowl could end up being an hour longer with 30 people on both sides! Think of the "we’ll just eat this call game 3 for power ups in the play offs. Like… shut up and take my money, where do I sign?
Why don’t teams just have a set play design when opposing teams try to run into FG formation? Just line up and let them kick, it’s not like it matters anyways
No, that’s the coaches job.
It gets complicated with injuries and special teams coaches are generally working with back ups of offense and defense so that availability change drastically over the season week to week.
It’s still insane that it happened it’s not as insane as a player who is never out there going out there just for the heck of it. More than 12 players on a team have been out on a FG block unit.
Every man is the 12th man on that play
Maybe someone was injured for the previous FG and you’re in. Then this guy returns and you don’t know. Lots of things could have happened. Getting 11 men on the field for teams is frigging hard, I’m telling you. With that being said, this is the NFL, and they have all the resources available and get paid big bucks. Shouldn’t happen.
Had this happen to me 2 times while I still played, came in on Punt Returns for some other guy and was the odd one out since that dude returned. My coach noticed both times and got me off quick enough however lol
Substitutions, injuries, etc happen all the time that change the 11 personnel
No, the other guy is the 12th guy.
It’s interesting that the Broncos pulled off the “fast switch FG” twice in a game. The irony here is, Buffalo got the worst case scenario:
- while a FG block isn’t impossible, it’s quite unlikely
- have too many men on the field
- first FG misses, second post-penalty makes
- game was literally win or lose, a FG miss doesn’t send you into OT tied up.
You’d think having previously executed having the right guess out there in that scenario would’ve helped.
They had 5 defensive starters out. And some other substitutions during the game. It’s not as cut and dried as you think.