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I am back to the blogging world after a long hiatus. I am hoping to maintain it now, but life gets crazy at times. I have decided that too many women, and oftentimes men, know very little about the greatest sport on earth. Therefore, I would like to begin posting a helpful tidbit to enable you to follow a game without sounding like an idiot. My goal is to enable all the ladies out there to make their own calls. We will go through positions, their roles, formations, plays, penalties and whatever else we feel like diving into. Let the games begin:
I will skip the basics, assuming that if you are able to walk, talk, and have passed puberty...you know what an offense and defense is...so, today we will start with positions.
My husband coaches defense and I mean, he jumps up and down when his guys make a tackle, get a pic, properly wraps 'em up or recovers a fumble. If a kid reads his offense correctly, his reaction resembles when someone gives me a white cake with white icing. Therefore, we will start with defensive players. Not all of them...we will take this slowly.

Defensive Line
Defense is not really like the offense where positions are specifically defined. When we look at the basics of defense...you can start with how they line up before the play. You have a defensive line that are literally on the line of his side of the line of scrimmage. You get it? Defensive line = on the line. We will get into specifically who is on the line later.
Linebackers
Now, behind these big dudes, you have linebackers. Did you hear that? "behind" the guys on the "line"..meaning they are to the backs of the defensive line. You've heard of them. You may have 2 or 3 of them performing various functions that we will get to later.
Secondary
The other defensive players are cornerbacks and safeties. To sound impressive, let's just start calling them our secondary.
The defense, simply stated, wants to keep points off the board under that other teams's name. You know how your husband can ask you a question like, "how come there is no milk in the fridge?" and it automatically puts you on the defense? Amazingly, it doesn't make me want to run out and get milk. In fact, I try and decide if I ever want to have milk readily available for him again...I don't want him to "score" in that scenario. Ok, that may be harsh and extreme, but you get the point.
Ladies, this was your first lesson...now go watch some football and start naming those defensive players and then we will start learning their roles. War Eagle, GO GS Eagles!!! We'll get some updated Special K pics up soon.