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Originally Posted by MD Longhorn
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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For us I think it is easier and more mechanically correct to count the backs. We don't need to know that the offense has 11 as long as there are no more than 4 backs. That said we should still be counting our team's sideline as a wing.