An audible.
QB (quarterback) instructs his teammates to listen carefully at the line of scrimmage because he may call another play, or his call at the line of scrimmage will be the play.
it is not legal to drop kick beyond the line of scrimmage. all you can do beyond the line of scrimmage is pitch the ball backwards.
When they are five yards behind the line of scrimmage they call that the SHOTGUN formation.
there must be 7 men on the line of scrimmage, no more no less
on tv, the line of scrimmage is usually blue and the first down line is usually yellow.
Line of scrimmage.
the line of scrimmage
On the offensive side, nobody has to be in a down position on the line of scrimmage, but there must be six men on the line. The defense does not have any regulations as to where they must line up on the line of scrimmage.
The line of scrimmage.
In the NFL, there is no such thing as pass interference (PI) on forward passes that do not go past the line scrimmage but I recently watched a college football game in which a PI was called on a forward that never reached the line of scrimmage even though I always believed that there is no such thing as PI if such pass was in the backfield (behind the line of scrimmage). So I am not clear on the rule concerning passes that do not cross the line of scrimmage, in college football.
His first pass was to himself ----Brett Favres first completion was caught by no other than " tough as nails" Brett himself. He was flushed out of the pocket to the left side and launched it. A defender though jumped into the air and deflected the ball,behind the line of scrimmage, high into the air. Brett Favre caught it himself and lost yards on the play. Some people try to say his first completion was an interception, but an interception does not count as a completion. It would be his firts pass attempt was an interception but not the first completion.Himself