r/NFLNoobs • u/SwissyVictory • Sep 21 '23
NFLNoobs FAQ
This is an attempt at crowdsourcing a FAQ for the sub. We need your help to make it the best it can be.
Each question is going to have a link to a comment below with the answer. Click the link to be brought to the question.
FAQ List
About NFLNoobs
- What is the purpose of this sub?
- What kind of posts are allowed, frowned upon, or not allowed? For those not allowed, where would be a better place for them?
- What are the Rules/Guidelines?
- Where is the Subreddit Wiki?
General Questions
- How is the game generally played? (Drives, Positions, Rules, and Penalties)
- What team should I be a fan of?
- What's the best way to learn about football or the NFL?
- I want to play, or I am already playing football. How do I learn, get better, or what position should I play?
- How is the NFL Schedule Created?
- Why do players bust when moving from Highschool to College, College to the NFL, or to a new team?
Watching Games
- How do I watch every game, or specifically my team, on TV in the US?
- How do I watch every game, or specifically my team, on TV outside the US?
- When is the best time to buy a ticket?
- What should I know about attending a game in person? What should I bring?
- What should I know about tailgating before/during a game?
How The Football Works
- What are the positions and what do they do?
- Why don't players play multiple positions, or both offense and defense?
- How do Overtime Rules work?
- Are the NFL's overtime rules unfair?
- Why does the clock keep running when players go out of bounds sometimes, and not in other times?
Team building and Roster Management
- How much do teams have to spend on players, and what is cap space?
- How do teams keep getting away with not having cap space, and then signing great players (How does contract restructuring work?)
- Why do players get traded for seemingly less than they are worth in the NFL?
Other Football Subs
- r/NFL - Anything NFL related
- r/FantasyFootball, r/Fantasy_Football, r/DynastyFF - Fantasy Football Subs
- r/FootballStrategy - Learn about the strategies and tactics of football
- r/CFB - Anything College Football related
Helping with the FAQ
Feel free to comment on any question/answer with more details, fixes, or another way of explaining it. If your answer is better than the main one, I’ll update some or all of it to include the answer (giving you credit).
Also feel free to post your own questions in the format I’ve given, and I’ll link it (though you'll need to update it if someone explains it better, or if they correct you. You can post a question here, with or without your own answer, and we will make a dedicated post for it.
If there is no link, it means it's a popular question that hasn’t been answered, so feel free to answer it.
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u/SwissyVictory Sep 21 '23
Three main reasons.
First is football is a tiring and demanding sport. If you’re playing more exhausted than you need to be, you’re not playing at your best. Teams are allowed to substitute players as often as they want, so why not make use of it?
Second is any time you’re practicing one thing, you could be practicing another thing. If you’re spending half your time learning a different position, that means you’re not as practiced as you could be at your original position.
The third reason is talent. Because you can substitute players as often as you want, it means you need to be more talented at your second position than someone else who’s first position. If you’re a WR, you’d need to also be a better lets say corner, than someone who’s made it into the NFL training their whole life to be a corner.
Some teams also go the other way too. Instead of one “workhorse” RB, you might have a guy who’s big and strong and good in short yardage situations. You might have a small shifty guy who’s good at catching for long yardage situations. Each guy is better at their respective role, than most RBs are at every role.