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Old Wed Aug 28, 2013, 10:55am
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Originally Posted by stevegarbs View Post
It is incumbent upon the R and U to hold their count signal long enough for the wings to pick up that A indeed has 11 players on the field.
Not on a good crew. HL and LJ should be able to count 7 regardless of what R and U have. Look at the center, count how many are on the line on your side of the center and signal that to your partner. If the total is 6 (plus the center making 7), you're good. if it's too many, you're still good. Light? You should BOTH have a flag.

I've worked on crews that rely on R's count and then counting the backfield --- they miss far too many of these, and also are not really ready when the play starts more often than not.
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