The player positions on the gridiron (playing field) when two American football teams go head-to-head depend on whether the football team is on offense or defense. The reason, or group possessing the ball, competes with the crime to prevent them from scoring. Each unit is facing the other as the football is in the middle.
Football offensive line positions include:
The team that is attacking is in charge of the ball. The primary goal of the offense as a whole is to get the ball into the opposing team’s end zone to score, either by touchdown or field goal. There are more ways to cut, although special teams often use them. Essential positions are divided up among the offensive’s tasks:
- Quarterback: The leader of the group. He makes play calls, yells signals at the line of scrimmage, and seizes the ball from the center when the team is in the huddle. The next step is to pass the ball to a running back, throw it to a receiver, or run with it.
- The center is the one who snaps the ball to the quarterback. He is in control of the ball in each play.
- Football players who run with the ball are known as running backs. Running backs are referred to as rushers, halfbacks, and tailbacks.
- Fullback: A player whose duties include pass-blocking for the protection of the quarterback and blocking for the running back. Fullbacks for short-yardage runners are frequently more significant than running backs.
- Wide receiver: A player with speed and quickness who can outrun defenders and catch the ball. On any play, a club may use two to four wide receivers.
- A man who can block and receive is a tight end. This player is positioned alongside the offensive tackle to the right or left of the quarterback.
- The two innermost players on the offensive line left and right guard, are in charge of blocking and defending the quarterback and ball carriers.
Left tackle and correct tackle make up the outside two offensive line members.
Football defensive positions:
By intercepting the ball, tackling offensive players, and generally preventing the offense from moving closer to their end zone and creating scoring opportunities, the defense’s primary objective in American football is to stop the crime from scoring points. The defense’s duties are divided among critical positions.
The defensive line’s innermost two players are known as defensive tackles. Their job is to either stay in position to block a running play or squeeze through an opening in the offensive line to pressure the quarterback or disorganize the backfield formation.
Defensive end: The outermost two players on the defensive line. Their primary duty is to get through offensive blocking and meet in the backfield to tackle the quarterback or ball carrier. On running plays to the outside, they are responsible for forcing the ball carrier out of bounds or toward the pursuit of their defensive teammates.
The team’s best tacklers are the linebackers, who line up behind the defensive line. Depending on the formation, most groups use three or four linebackers on every play. Linebackers typically have to play both run and pass defense.
Safety refers to the players who line up furthest back in the secondary, the final line of defense. There are free and strong safeties; they must defend the deep pass and the run.
Cornerbacks line up in the broad field areas, typically opposite the offensive receivers.
