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▲ 173 r/NFLv2

Yourself from the future tells you an entire position has become extinct like the fullback have now. What position do you assume it is?

Edit: I understand that some teams still have a fullback. However, no team has their fullback start every game, plays most offensive snaps, and blocks for the runner. Trying to prove that fullbacks still exist by mentioning a guy who averages 34 targets a game just shows people really don't understand what a traditional fullback actually does.

These days not every team even has a fullback. Halfbacks have become the main back and even changed the name to running back since there is no fullback they have to differentiate between. Instead teams opt for a third wide receiver.

Yourself from 15-20 years in the future visits you, after a long chat about your life you get all the Superbowl results that you can bet on. You might even be watching a game as you have this chat. They casually look at the game and say "oh wow I forgot they still run formations like this, that position is basically dead now". What does your mind immediately think the new formation is, what position is gone, and what replaced it? Offence or defence,

Like with the fullback the standard set up is changed and it immediately looks different. So saying "centers learn how to long snap" or "punters and kickers are the same guy" isn't a valid response because the on field position would look the same.

u/Sarcastic_Rocket — 5 days ago
▲ 8 r/NFLNoobs

Why the scripted plays?

Edit: I didn't know the script changes week to week. That makes so much more sense. I follow a fan on Instagram and he had a rant about how bad the scripted plays were for their team last season because they had some of the worst stats in the league for the first quarter. I interpreted this as "these are a bad set of 15 plays" not what it actually was "Our coach is bad at scripting the weekly 15 plays" I misunderstood and ran with my interpretation.

There's all kinds of variables in a football game, the players, the opponents, the coaching and coordinators etc. The sport is a mind game between the teams on play calls. But it is standard to script the same 15 or so plays on offense. The defense has a week to prepare so now the defense knows exactly how to counter your plays.

If anything I feel like the first few plays would be the best to have an unknown action since there is no established "oh the RB isn't performing" or "we are able to lock up blank WR" like there might be later in the game.

First play of the game the defence could have absolutely no clue what you are going to do, or how any of the players are going to perform that day. Instead teams make it so the defense knows exactly what is going to happen. Why?

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u/Sarcastic_Rocket — 6 days ago
▲ 5 r/AskTheWorld

Why the assumption that things in movies are fake?

I've always had this question before but the world cup is really pointing it out.

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I am an American and there are several American things that international visitors lose their mind over because they have seen them in Hollywood/American made movies and television. However, usually the wording at the glee they feel when posting about these items usually consists of some version of "They're real!" Being shocked and happy that things like yellow school busses and red solo cups actually exist in real life here.

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Why do people assume these are fake. If I were to start noticing that all taxi's in Japanese movies and shows are bright pink (just making up an example) I would assume that's a common thing there because people making those shows would want normal cultural things to be in the show.

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Is this a cultural thing? The skeptical nature of watching foreign shows. Should I do more research when I watch foreign shows and not assume everything is cultural there? Are there things that actually are common in shows but aren't actually real that producers and directors put in for some reason?

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u/Sarcastic_Rocket — 20 days ago