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Bookmark or Share- What Are the Various Defensive Positions in American Football?The 11 defensive positions in football are made up of three distinctive groups: the defensive line, linebackers, and defensive backs (also called the secondary). Each team uses a different number of players in each position group based on the formation they are running. The defensive line is made up of the defensive tackles (DT) and defensive ...
- What Is the Easiest and Hardest Position to Play in Football?The cornerback position requires both speed and tackling ability to be successful at the professional level. In order for cornerbacks to keep up with wide receivers, often the fastest players on a team, while they run routes and make sharp cuts down the field, cornerbacks need spectacular reaction time and endurance so as not to get “burned ...
- What Are Skilled Positions in Football? - rookieroad.comSkill positions in football refer to positions that most often handle the football and are responsible for scoring or preventing points. They are typically some of the most athletic players on the team. Linemen are the main positional group that are not considered skill positions.
- What Does a Cornerback Do in Football? - rookieroad.comA cornerback (CB) is a defensive player in football. The cornerback guards against the offensive team, particularly any player that may catch the football on the offense, such as the wide receivers (WR), tight ends (TE), or running backs (RB). The cornerback is one of three positions considered to be defensive backs (DB), the other two being ...
- Football Free Safety vs. Strong Safeties - rookieroad.comThe free safety is generally smaller than the strong safety and slightly faster. Free safeties are also generally tasked with more pass coverage than strong safeties, since the strong safety has to also focus on the run game. A free safety must be fast, have great tackling skills, and be able to easily read the quarterback.
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