please explain illegal formations in the NFL AND MINIATURE FOOTBALL

[Anthony D Burgess]

All are very good question, but I believe that checking with your league is not really a viable answer as many leagues don't clearly address this. No desrespect to any league.

Yes you can put a TE on both sides, you can have 3 TE, one on one sideand two on the other with the one TE lined up in the back field.

1)A swing Pass: Throwing to a receiver when he is open should be the limit. Setting a limit on whem you can pass to a receiver is like playing football with a blindfold on.

2)Quick Pass: The slant ! Again this should be done when the WR is open and this type of play is based on timing.

3)QB Shotgun:This is design to get the QB away from the pass rush and give him more time to make his reads. His reads tell him were to go with the ball.

4)Yes answer in in #1

In order to perform these types of play you can't limit the games ability. If the defense puts pressure on the QB that will force him to, 1 buy time by moving, 2 go to another WR, 3 throw the ball away, 4 take the sack.

But when you give one chance to do any of the above then the you place a restriction on the proper function of football.

Reaction: Being able to react opens up the door to perform all these eliments. Think of it like this. You have a car, but you put the club on the steering wheel and drive someplace, your going to limit the performace of the car.
But with out the club on the steering wheel you're unlocking all the abilities of the car. A good friend told me that.

When you place a limit on the ability of playing football then you hender the ability to run actual football plays.

1) Snap od the ball this sets you're offensive blocking, and the defense countering, while the QB strats his reads.
2) QB eithers hands the ball off, passes, or sets in the pocket to allow his receiver to get open. Defense counters
3) Sure up the protection, pass to the open receiver, roll out to guy time if needed, delayed hand off (draw). Defense counters
4) Every thing is breaking down at this point, advantages is leaning to the defense QB must, throw, or run. Last chacne. Defense counters.

Without this you will never achieve the full potential of playing real football with minatures. This is the chess match that makes the game play like it does move and counter move.

Originally Posted by MANTARAY- DRE

COACHES,


Can i put a TE on both sides of the line and not put any wr's on the line ?


!) swing pass to the running back, if the ball is on the 25 yard line and the qb drops back to pass, at what point can i hit the running coming out iof the backfield ? Does he have to cross the 25 yard line or can i hit him before he gets there ?

2) Quick out pass to a slot receceiver, at what point (exact yardline) can i throw a quick out thats legal ? 1) dropping back to pass 2) in the shotgun ?

3) qb in the shotgun position, the runningbacks are lets say a yard ahead of him or right next to him, at what point can i throw it to the running backs coming out of the backfield ?

4) can two tight ends line up right next to each other ?

THANX
MANTARAY- DRE


Also, Have you seen when a qb drops back then swings it out to the running, isn't the running behind the line of scrimmage ? This is where im getting coonfused. I use to see Montana hit Rathman all the time coming out of the backfield. Im just trying to figure out how to run that in miniaturefootball.

Is it impossible to run a running back to receiver reverse behind the line of scrim ? ala santana moss !