These are the official offensive rules of the National Football League.
OFFENSIVE LINEMEN:
All offensive linemen, or 'OLINE', must stand within the boundaries of the hash marks, and must stand within a yard of the LOS. Also, all offensive linemen must be named either "OLINE" or their position they are lined up at (LT, LG, C, RG, RT). Also, all offensive linemen must remain behind the LOS blocking. If they do not remain behind the LOS, and go behind 5 yards of the LOS, it will be called as a flag.
Offensive linemen may also not go for a pass, this will result in a penalty.
QUARTERBACK:
The quarterback, or 'QB', must stand within 3-6 yards of the LOS, and must be standing within the boundaries of the hash marks. The quarterback does not have to be named, and may motion around as a wide receiver if they would like to. Also, the quarterback has the option of faking out the defense by calling a hike in chat, then the center pump faking the ball. This is a legal action. The quarterback also has the option of either hiking in team chat, or in the server chat for everyone to see. It is his/hers choice.
RUNNING BACK:
The running back, or 'RB', may stand wherever he/she choose to inside the boundaries of the hash marks while receiving a direct snap, or 'DS'. The only exception is that the running back must also stand between 3 and 6 yards to receive a direct snap, but may also line up more than 6 yards away from the LOS if lined up in a formation, such as the I-Formation, but he/she cannot receive a direct snap from more than 6 yards if so. Also, the running back may motion to a wide receiver position if they would like, and may also drop back like a quarter back once receiving a direct snap from the LOS.
WIDE RECEIVERS:
The wide receivers, or 'WR', may line up outside of the hashes or inside of the hashes if he/she chooses to do so. The wide receiver has no limit on how many yards he/she can lineup from the LOS, besides when lined up in the backfield, in which the same rules for a running back apply.
Any catches made in bounds, must be followed up by a part of the wide receivers character touching the football ground. If a wide receiver is to catch the ball in bounds, but then get pushed out of bounds while in mid-air, it is ruled an incomplete.
All wide receivers are eligible for a catch, unless they purposely "hide" out of bounds, or go out of bounds before the ball is thrown in mid-air. If the wide receiver is purposely pushed out of bounds by the opposing team, the wide receiver may return in bounds for a catch.
"Reeling", or going out of bounds then diving or jumping back in bounds, is legal as long as the wide receiver only goes out of bounds once the quarterback throws the ball into mid-air. |