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Old Thu Sep 26, 2013, 01:15pm
Robert Goodman Robert Goodman is offline
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Originally Posted by jTheUmp View Post
An end is "uncovered" by definition. If there's another player on the LOS between the sideline and the "end"... then that other player is the end.
And since "covered" isn't a term used in the rules, as a coach when I see or hear this term (which apparently started being used by officials in their PA explanations in the NFL), I keep thinking of it in the sense of "guarded by the defense". Confuses the heck out of me in coaching discussions.
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