NFL football is a little confusing until you learn about it. OFFENSE: When you are on offense your job is to score points. You have four plays to do that. If you run or pass the ball for ten yards you have four more downs. On fourth down if you down get ten yards the other team gets the ball. If you do you have four more downs. A lot of times the team with a fourth down punts the ball to the other team. You can get the ball down the field by running or passing. Running the ball doesn’t usually gain a ton of yards. When your passing you usually get pretty many yards, but many are incomplete. Also to catch the ball you have to have both feet in bounds or even if you catch it’s called incomplete. A touchdown is worth six points, and then you kick an extra point for well… an extra point. That means you have seven points. If you miss the extra point you just have six points. You can also kick a field goal if it is fourth down. If it is good it is worth three points. If you miss it you don’t get any points. DEFENSE: In football when you are on defense your job is to stop the offense. If the offense runs the ball the defense tackles him before he gets the first down or the touchdown. Also you can rip the ball out of the running back’s hands it is a fumble. If the offense recovers the ball it they get it back. If the defense gets the ball though the team on defense is now on offense. If the offense tried to pass the ball the defense can tackle the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage while he still has the ball it is a sack. It goes for a loss of yards. If he does throw the ball the defensive backs can try to swat it away or catch it themselves which means the team on defense is now on offense. That is called an interception. If the receiver catches the ball the defensive backs have to tackle him. They can also make him fumble if they rip the ball out. SPECIAL TEAMS: If the offense scores a touchdown the kicker kicks off. The team returning the kick tries to run it back for a touchdown. The kicking team tries to tackle him. If the offense punts the special teams come on the field. The special teams also kicks the field goals, and extra points. That is how to play football like the pros!