why isn't the option used in pro football?
88440
Teams pay millions of dollars for their QB's, they don't want him to run into huge NFL linebacker.  It's not worth the risk of injury and loss of money.
75584
The ball just has to break the plane of the end zone and the ball must be on the inside of the pylon when doing so.  The players entire body can be out of bounds so long as the ball basses through in bounds.  If a ball is caught by a player in mid air and he is pushed out of bounds while still in the air it is ruled an automatic completion because he wasnt givin a chance to put feet in bounds.  This rule applys to touchdowns as well as regular completions.
865352
Because they arent as good as they are cracked up to be...they have no WRs, they're secondary sucks. Thats the problem, they've let too many people go thinking they can just plug someone else in and that it will work. It worked ONCE. Tom Brady, thats it. They even tried it at kicker. Now they're kicker sucks and Vinitateri is winning games for the Colts. The problem with the Pats is they let people go.
684417
There is no least important position in Football as it is the ultimate team sport.  If one person doesn't do their assignment, the whole play is shot!\n\nThe most important is the O line.  It doesn't matter if you have the best QB in the world, if he doesn't have the time to throw it to the best reciever in the world.  If you have an average RB behind a good line, he will have more yards than a great RB behind a crap line.  An O line that can block for 4 yards every run play then opens up the QB to do his thing and get all the glory.\n\nOn defense, it is the D line.  They are the ones who fill the holes up front against the run, taking blocks and jamming the line, allowing the Linebackers to get the tackles.  Most DB interceptions happen because the D line has pressure the QB into a bad throw.
447486
1.  Limit the roughness - never happen, the players enjoy the contact too much.\n2.  Some guys can still go both ways (OH!) but that will lead to more injuries which you said we needed to reduce in item 1.\n3. Since we want to keep injuries down and we aren't going with items 1 or 2, we need a larger roster.  The guys don't get paid NEARLY as much as basketball or baseball players which is ironic since their career duration is much shorter.  Remembering the good players will come naturally.  \n4.  Many people overlook the importance of special teams since it seems like a segue period of getting the ball from team one to team two; a means to an end.  Football enthusiasts (like me) see special teams as important as offense or defense and special teams players are needed as much as the other guys, most of whom just aren't special teams guys.\n\nMy suggestion would be to give the ref the ability to judge pass interference so that it wouldn't automatically be a "ball placed at point of infraction" penalty.  If it's an incidental infraction, make it 10 yards and auto first down play.\n\nAlso, holding is a crappy call that needs standardization.
248556
Actually, the health and liability insurance for a professional football player is taken care of by the team that holds their contract. After all, it is only protecting their investment, as an injured or ill player does them no good. And with all the team doctors, trainers and so on, there are always plenty of people keeping an eye on them.\n\nThat would leave a player responsible for their auto and homeowners insurance, unless they opt to take out any personal insurance protecting them against a career-ending injury.
817676
The speaker in the helmet is only used to call a play when the ball is dead. It is not used during live play...trust me, there is no time for a QB to listen to a coach during live play.
835643
Every sport has it's own strategy and weakness.  In tennis, you hit deep to the corners.  In football, if you can get to the sideline, ALL the opposing players MUST run to the sideline to tackle you BEFORE you run past them!  \n\nThey might be in the middle of the field and have to run 15 yards just to get to the sideline...you might only have to run 10 yards to outrun them...meaning BEFORE they can get to the sideline (they had to run 15 yards) you ran 10 yards (a shorter distance) and ran PAST them!  \n\nFor example, a halfback running with the ball get's to the outside-the sideline.  He's at the fifty yard line and has fifty yards to go.  If he was in the middle of the field, he'd have to dodge the majority of players.\n\nOk he's at the sideline and running down it fast. \nAt that point, he's already past MOST of the opposing players.  Reason why-most of the larger opposing players are too SLOW to get to the sideline to tackle him!\n\nHe might only have four to six players to beat-to run past.  Say they are on the 45, 40 + 35 yard line.  He blows past both the 45 + barely get's by the guys at the 40 yard line.  Now only one more player to beat at the thirty yard line.\n\nHe can go to the middle (where most of the opposing players are) and gamble...or continue running full steam ahead down the sideline.  Ok here comes the last opposing player coming to tackle him (at the 30 yard line) and our player fakes a move to the left (middle of the field.)\n\nThe opposing player slows down to tackle him.\nBut our player instead goes back to the sideline, catching the opposing player out of position...and blows past him all the way down for a touchdown.\n\nMeanwhile most of the other players (many larger ones) are in the middle of the field.  They were too slow to be involved for the run to the sideline...(most weighing 300lbs compared to our player running down the sideline who weighs 200lbs and is way faster.)\n\nThere must be a mathematical equation or other simpler way to explain this.  Hope it helps!
160750
Because they have to have a minimum of 10 years experience refereeing at (college) varsity level before they can even be considered to referee at NFL level. And not enough money in it for pro players to consider it.
614565
Since each discipline is quite different in terms of technique and motion, most teams (actually all NFL teams currently) would rather have separate players take on these roles. Not too mention risking a player that may be needed in a close game, thaty being the placekicker.\n\nThere have been players in years past that have done double duty and I believe the teams feel that one or the other disciplines suffer. Also, if this player is injured, than you have two starters out instead of one.\n\n- Placekickers are generally needed to kick off, and score field goals and extra points. Risking injury on a punt is not a good idea.\n\n- Punters practice different aspects of kicking and generally don't work on the timing needed for place kicking. They do sometimes help out if the placekicker is injured.\n\nOne of the last double duty kickers I remember was Frank Corral - Los Angeles Rams
931722
probaly because he is a qb. it would be sorta unrealistic when a qb has a 99 speed rating, while not many rbs or wrs have 99 speed
695970
There are a lot of reasons for that, you could literally spend all day answering that question. One of the reasons why come college players are great in college but not in the NFL, is that in college, they can usually get by on just athletic ability. In the NFL, you can't really do that, you have to work hard and learn the system of the team that the player is on. Some guys who have flopped with one team, may have been successful on others. I think also once players get their big contracts, then they are not motivated to work hard, and don't develop, and waste their talent.\n\nA lot of middle round picks may be good players who had a bad senior year, were injured, so their stock falls. Maybe they went to a small school where the competition isn't great. If they had a good senior year, were healthy, or went to larger schools they may have been picked much higher. It's also possible that they get stronger or faster.\n\nAs for some quarterbacks who are great in college but not in the pros, it is most likely the system that they are in.\nGino Toretta won the Heisman but didn't make it in the NFL. He had great athletes to throw to in college, but in the  NFL there are great athletes on the other team too. Also he had a weak arm. You could also look at Ryan Leaf, who had everything, size, arm. He got to the NFL, and he turned out to be lazy, lost his love of the game, and just didn't have the mental make-up to stay in the NFL.
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NO WAY.\n\nWhat people fail to understand is that the NFL is the standard for football, not the college game.  Sudden Death overtime is a great innovation that continues to nod towards the ramped up difficulty of the pro game.\n\nThe thing that could change is the WAY the team is chosen who gets to get the ball first.  Some feel a coin flip is too arbitrary.  How about this: take one thing from the otherwise terrible XFL...take the way they did the coin toss, called a "scramble."  Basically, they had two roughnecks to line up side-by-side 15 yards away from a ball placed at midfield.  They raced each other to the ball and whomever gained possession of it first, won possession for his team.\n\nPerhaps change the 15 to 10 and do it this way, or 5 and do it head-to-head.  Like an NFL version of a jump ball.  But other than that, KEEP SUDDEN DEATH!!!
447594
I'm a pro player. 29 years old and been in the league for 9 years. When you turn 30, it is a belief that they player loses some coordination and becomes expendable. Also, the contracts that we sign are back loaded. When they get to the end of the deal, their salary cap number becomes so high, they have to sever ties and rely on a younger player with less experience to fill the void. It is a rough business to make a living in. It is especially tough on families. I've moved twice and it is nerve racking. Then, on the flipside, some NFL teams love the older players and they find a home for another 3 to 6 years. Its a growing trend but that is the NFL.
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In late summer, the NFL also holds a Supplemental Draft to accommodate players who did not enter the regular draft because they thought they still had academic eligibility to play college football. The supplemental draft maintains the same team order from the regular draft, with the team with the worst record in the previous season picking first. However, in the supplemental draft, a team is not required to use any picks. Instead, if a team wants a player in the supplemental draft, they submit a "bid" to the Commissioner with the round they would pick that player. If no other team places a bid on that player at an earlier spot, the team is awarded the player and has to give up an equivalent pick in the following year's draft. (For example, RB Tony Hollings was taken by the Houston Texans in the second round of the Supplemental Draft in 2003. Thus in the 2004 NFL Draft, the Texans forfeited a second-round pick).\n\nThe 1985 Supplemental Draft was particularly controversial. Bernie Kosar of the University of Miami earned his academic degree a year early but did not enter the regular draft that year. Rather than finish his eligibility at Miami, he entered into talks with his hometown Cleveland Browns, who advised him to delay his professional eligibility until after the regular draft. They then traded for the right to choose first in the Supplemental Draft. This angered many clubs, notably the Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants, who had expressed interest in choosing him in that season's regular draft. Many of today's Supplemental Draft rules aim at preventing a reoccurrence of this incident.\n\nAs of 2006, players who enter the Supplemental Draft usually are graded as players who should be drafted at a later round, or who have college eligibility problems (poor academic or discipline issues). Only 32 players have been taken in the past 26 Supplemental Drafts.
1111312
REALLY?? .. Actually, that wouldn't be a surprise.\nI suppose every football player knows how to do it. \nSome do it terribly, some do it ok, and some do it really well.
1016877
It's always easier to pick up a defense in free agency than it is to pick up a RB or WR in FA.  Using that logic, I max up on skill positions before I even look at what defenses are available.  \n\nThe soonest I've ever taken a defense was in round 8, because Baltimore was still around.  That was last season.  I won't be picking a defense until round 10 this year I'm guessing.