Favorite/Least Favorite football 'expressions'

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Rupert Patrick wrote:
Reaser wrote:"RPO" when it's play-action and not a RPO.
What is the difference between RPO and play-action? I always thought RPO was like some sort of Madden game abbreviation for play-action that caught on with announcers and that the two terms meant the same thing.

"Play action" is short for play action pass. It is a pass play.
An RPO is a run play with a pass option.

A play action pass play is designed to look like a run play. There is a fake handoff to a runner. The quarterback then looks to pass the ball. The offense is looking to trick some defenders, maybe get some linebackers and/or defensive backs to bite on the fake handoff and then get those guys away from the pass receivers.

On run pass options the linemen block like a regular run play. The only difference is that depending upon how he reads the defense, the quarterback may decide to throw the ball instead of running with it himself or flipping it to a tailback.
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Saying, in any way, shape, or form, that a running back catches passes "out of the backfield."
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An Al Michaels special, "third and a deuce".

It's used more in baseball but a "walk off" anything.
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"big tight end"
"step up"
"future hall of famer"
"two minute warning"
"holding"
"skill player"
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I wouldn't have thought of "two minute warning", but I agree. It would make sense, in fact, in almost any other sport that has a clock except for professional football. Whether you heed the "warning" or ignore it, the clock stops anyway. It's like telling baseball fans, "Be careful, two outs, there's going to be a seventh inning stretch any moment now!"
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John Grasso wrote: "future hall of famer"
This!
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JohnH19 wrote:
John Grasso wrote: "future hall of famer"
This!
Absolutely!!!
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“establish the run”

First, rushing is an essential part of the game and it’s expected, so you don’t need to establish it. Second, the inevitable idea that you run so you can pass has been disproven by Pro Football Outsiders relative to the modern game: most rushing yards now come late in the game by the team that’s ahead, to use up the remaining game time.
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Couple of phrases you don't hear of anymore

Scat Back
Bull Rush
Coffin Corner
Pooch Punt
Flanker
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JohnH19 wrote:An Al Michaels special, "third and a deuce".

It's used more in baseball but a "walk off" anything.
Up until the Robin Ventura Grand Slam Single of 1999 (where he never made it around 2nd after being mobbed by his teammates) I don't remember the term "walk off" being used in baseball either.
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