Found asdf!!
"Normally used for punts, the rule stated that as long as the player receiving the snap was seven yards behind center, any teammate wearing the jersey of an eligible receiver (between Nos. 1 and 49 or 80 and 89) was permitted to go downfield. Bryan and Humphries had already been noodling with a 3-3-3 superspread base formation that had two sets of three receivers flushed out wide in "pods" close to the numbers, with a center inside flanked by two tight ends, in addition to two QBs in the backfield. Now the scrimmage kick formation rule was saying they could potentially send any of those 11 players out for passes." (
An offensive revolution is coming to the NFL. Can anyone stop it? - ESPN The Magazine)
You are right, the first sentence is slightly confusing to that effect! What a gotcha moment!!! Who cares if it was clearly clarified in the very next sentence. We got him! This proves he's a sportswriter! How could someone make such a "major" mistake? Blasphemy!! Its almost as bad as confusing "legal" with "approved" (to give formal or official sanction)!
TXMike, can't wait to read your next masterpiece " The Snake Oil Sportswriter is at it again"!