What is the role of football player?

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What is the role of football player?

Answer 1

it depends on what position he plays. football players are specialists. in other words, each position has it's own special duties. a quarterback is basically the field general, it's the glamour position of football. but you have running backs, who run the ball, tight ends and wide receivers, who catch the ball, offensive linemen (5), who block for the runner or protect the quarterback, giving him time to look for an open receiver to throw the ball to. those are the offensive positions. then on defense you have defensive lineman, linebackers, who play behind the defensive lineman. some teams play a 4-3, which is 4 linemen and 3 linebackers, while others play a 3-4, with 3 linemen and 4 linebackers. then you have safeties and cornerbacks, also known as defensive backs, whose job it is to cover the other teams receivers to keep them from catching the ball. they can also catch the ball themselves (interception) to get the ball back for their team. then every team has 2 kickers, a placekicker and a punter, and many teams have a return specialist, who's job it is to field kickoffs or punts and run them back the other way as far as possible.