oldskool138

Check this out for the kickoff fair catch debate...

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Can_you_fair_catch_a_kick_off

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Sunqueen212

It was part of the tuck rule package from '01.

Sunqueen212

Eventhough I pride myself as a knowledgeable football fan (for a girl), I don't know the difference between a dime package and a nickel package. I think they are two types of defense and that's about it. And what's a nickel back? I've never heard of a dime back. There's no such thing right? And speaking of defenses, what is a cover-2? I would assume it has something to do with 2 corners covering receivers... Boy, do I feel stupid.

A.C Vegas

The nickel package is a set with 5 defensive backs so the nickelback is the one added that is not normally there. the Dime Package is 6 DBs so the Dime back is the 6th one. the pats a few years ago invented somethindg that few teams have adpoted and that is the Quarter pakage which is 7 DBs. the "dime" and "nickel" back are not real postions just a name


a cover-2 defense involves typically the safteys the deep end of the field (typicalyy 15 yeads deep+) is cut in half and each saftey has one section of the field and the 3 corner are usually set up man to man on a reciver.

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You rarely ever see a kickoff fair caught for two reasons.

1) It's kicked down field and the returner has plenty of time to catch it and return it for a gain.
2) On an onside kick, either the ball hits the ground first because it's a rebound kick, or it's a surprise and the upman who catches it gets caught off guard and doesn't think to do it.

I've seen a few kickoffs fair caught when they're "half-kicked" to someone like a LB or TE playing halfway. This is usually done to avoid the risk of someone who doesn't often carry the ball fumbling, or to preserve time, as those kicks usually come at the end of a half when the kicking team doesn't want the returner to get a chance to run one back, but doesn't want to give the ball over at the 40 or 50 on a squib kick. Also, it's becoming common in Bears games as well I think, to deny Hester a shot at the ball.