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Restrictions on defensive formations:

(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.

So, basically, up to five players can rush the passer and each of those five players must be aligned within two yards of the widest offensive lineman and five yards of the line of scrimmage. This means that there will be no corner blitzes. There will be no delayed blitzes from linebackers and safeties. There will be no double-A gap blitzes.

👁‍🗨 These restrictions are supposed to save QBs..the lifeline of any team, but holy geez, talk about borderline confusion for the refs. 

Edited March 12, 20196 yr by Mr Dee

Too bad for the players. Some will get CFL jobs, some will get XFL jobs, some will get Arena league jobs, but most will be out of pro football completely.

Any good OC's available for the Ottawa job?

John Hodge - If you’re looking for some of the names of players who could be back in the #CFL this year following the collapse of the #AAF, here they are.

Brett Boyko, OL - property of B.C.

Stefan Charles, DL - property of the Esks.

Americans: - all free agents

Terrell Sinkfield, REC

Dylan Wynn, DL

Freddie Bishop III, DL

Khalil Bass, LB

Ciante Evans, DB

Sergio Castillo, K/P

https://3downnation.com/2019/04/02/aaf-players-who-could-be-on-their-way-back-to-the-cfl/

 

Got no love for Johnny Manziel ... but the way Montreal traded their seed corn and got just a couple of bad headlines in return puts me in USABomberFan rage territory.  This was a move straight out of the bad old days of the Ottawa Rough Riders, except when the Riders went out and got splashy big-name/zero-hope talent from the States (Ware, Schlichter, Manley) at least they signed 'em as free agents and didn't trade the farm away.  And now the Als' ownership is all up in the air, it's some deja vu.

There's losing teams and there's laughingstocks, and I just hate hate hate seeing any laughingstocks in the CFL. I really want to see Montreal sorted out and stable again.

I would imagine Mark Chapman's name will pop up. A receiver who is the former 1st overall pick in the CFL draft would become available too.  I wonder if he's somebody Hamilton would be looking to trade at this point.  He kind of made a decent decision.. Make a decent chunk of change in the AAF while not playing and can now get 1st overall type cfl money and be in camp in a few weeks. 

Johnny manziel would have been Montreal’s starter - now he has more time to gamble in Vegas...

fair warning to everyone eying the xfl 

1 hour ago, Colin Unger said:

I would imagine Mark Chapman's name will pop up. A receiver who is the former 1st overall pick in the CFL draft would become available too.  I wonder if he's somebody Hamilton would be looking to trade at this point.  He kind of made a decent decision.. Make a decent chunk of change in the AAF while not playing and can now get 1st overall type cfl money and be in camp in a few weeks. 

He could have played in the CFL last year, no? The decision still seems boneheaded from a “Canadian”. 

 

 

What a clownshow.

 

Sheer coincidence...

Jim Barker with some interesting views on the AAF & what it was like today with some CFL teams & their neg lists...

https://omny.fm/shows/sportstalk/7-05-pm-jim-barker-of-hamilton-tiger-cats-talks-ab

 

Edited April 3, 20196 yr by SpeedFlex27

I miss the USFL.

13 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

I miss the USFL.

Can you name me one player from that league?

7 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Can you name me one player from that league?

Doug Flutie,

Other notable USFLer/CFLers ( after a google search) are:

Henry "Gizmo" Williams

Phil Kessel Sr. (yes, hockey Phil's dad)

Pete Catan

Edited April 3, 20196 yr by ALuCsRED

7 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Can you name me one player from that league?

In '83 I saw the L.A Express at Arizona Wranglers in Sun Devil Stadium. Even without an NFL team at the time, Phoenix drew poorly. Other memories included an interesting rule which allowed the scoring team to go for an optional 2 point convert after a TD. The concession also sold these weird thick chips with melted cheese and sliced hot peppers....I think they were called nachos.

I have to ask. With the AAF folding, and a ton of players becoming available, does that put pressure on the CFLPA to get a deal done?

OR

Is it business as usual despite teams having more choices?

AND

Will the XFL have a wee tougher time signing players after this debacle?

I don't think it changes anything for the CFLPA. The American players have always been highly replaceable, this doesn't change that fact at all. 

9 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Can you name me one player from that league?

Herschel Walker, Anthony Carter

Marcus  Dupree.

9 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Can you name me one player from that league?

Jim Kelly Steve Young

Sam Mills, Reggie White, Kelvin Bryant, Nate newton

On 2019-04-02 at 3:24 PM, Floyd said:

Johnny manziel would have been Montreal’s starter - now he has more time to gamble in Vegas...

fair warning to everyone eying the xfl 

Manziel is kind of a special case, though. People like Sinkfield are free to return to the CFL now that the awful's crapped out. That door is shut for Manziel and god ain't opening a window anywhere for him.

Edited April 3, 20196 yr by johnzo

Annnd it's over. Looks good on manziel. 

 I'd take bass back on a low cost deal. He'd look great next to Bighill. 

 

Some more fancy football XFL style:

“XFL commissioner Oliver Luck revealed the league’s plans on the post-touchdown conversion. A team can go for one, two, or three points, and will have one play from scrimmage (no kicking) to score.”

https://thecomeback.com/nfl/xfl-announces-one-two-and-three-point-conversions-after-touchdowns.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

3 hours ago, Mr Dee said:

Some more fancy football XFL style:

“XFL commissioner Oliver Luck revealed the league’s plans on the post-touchdown conversion. A team can go for one, two, or three points, and will have one play from scrimmage (no kicking) to score.”

https://thecomeback.com/nfl/xfl-announces-one-two-and-three-point-conversions-after-touchdowns.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

Just gimmicks. Three point conversions? Why not make it another 6?