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AlabamaTide
How is this play even remotely legal/possible??
by AlabamaTide @ 1/05/2026 8:05 pm
2-28-DEN 10 (10:46) 5-Bernard Smith pass Pass knocked down by 25-John Robinson. incomplete,**** intended for 62-Rusty Steele.******
Offensive Play: Strong I Big TE Post
Defensive Play: Nickel Normal Double WR3

He is listed as an Ol
LG#1 *****************
Vikings_Fan
Re: How is this play even remotely legal/possible??
by Vikings_Fan @ 1/05/2026 10:50 pm
AlabamaTide wrote:
2-28-DEN 10 (10:46) 5-Bernard Smith pass Pass knocked down by 25-John Robinson. incomplete,**** intended for 62-Rusty Steele.******
Offensive Play: Strong I Big TE Post
Defensive Play: Nickel Normal Double WR3

He is listed as an Ol
LG#1 *****************

This play is from the USFL / WFL, regular season game #6, Denver Gold vs. Pittsburgh Maulers, 10:46 remaining in the 1st Quarter. The player in question was formerly a TE before I acquired him and moved him to LG. He had a high of 39 receptions in his best season. Because he has TE skills, I put him in my depth chart at TE as needed to fill in for injured players and for certain other strategic situations. In this circumstance, I actually forgot to take him out of the depth chart at TE as I was primarily passing out of the 2-2-1 formation in that game and I have better pass catching TE's. And, of course, there are no player usage rules in the USFL / WFL other than not allowing two-way players so there is nothing unacceptable about this particular play.
Last edited 1/06/2026 4:51 am
raidergreg69
Re: How is this play even remotely legal/possible??
by raidergreg69 @ 1/06/2026 5:45 am
That's a good use of an extra lineman and can confirm this is/was a legal play. There is one other rule in USFL/WFL and that's you must use an actual placekicker for FGs/XPs. If that's not clearly shown on the league page, I'll have to fix that.