Recruiting Forum Football Talk [RIP 9.3.2019]

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AAFL defenses can only rush 5 players and it cannot be a blitz. They have to line up on the line of scrimmage

Don’t think they have to line up on the scrimmage to blitz. Atlanta game just had a linebacker blitz on the last play and he was 2-3 yards behind the DT at snap and blitzed up the gut.
 
I read that somewhere. May not be accurate.

Was curious so I looked it up.

“While scanning the AAF rulebook rulebook, the following restrictions on defensive formations stood out: (1) no more than five players may rush on passing plays; (2) any player who aligns on the line of scrimmage either prior to or at the snap is designated as one of the five players regardless of whether he rushes; (3) no defensive player may rush from a position more than two yards outside the widest offensive lineman and more than five yards from the line of scrimmage (they’ll call it the “defensive pressure box”); (4) a player is deemed eligible to rush if he has both feet inside the box at the snap; (5) no more than four players may rush from the same side of the ball; (6) adjacent linebackers may not rush from the same side of the ball; and (7) two or more linebackers aligned between the offensive guards may not rush.”
 
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