I saw that early this morning and just ran it with my ARMY team.
As you read, the jist is "as long as the QB is 7 yards or more from the LOS, as in a scrimmage kick formation, there is no numbering requirement," which means every single player can wear an eligible number (1-49) and (80-89) making the Defense accountable for all 11 on every player.
Could be interesting.
Here are my 2 issues:
- 5 players have to be "restricted" somehow from going downfield on pass plays i.e. tiny magnets, putty, dead bases, nuts, washers, etc. Whatever doesn't create an immovable player and at the same time doesn't key the Defense.
- Only the outside 4 players are eligible so it might get pretty easy to figure out how to beat stagnant players - the inside 5.
Other than that and without spending $40 to learn more, I like it. We'd just have to play around with it.