Originally posted by Trickster
American football seems like they keep stopping just to line up and run into each other!
That's call rushing to gain yards or "iron man football". The defense is trying to stop the offense from gaining yards. The offense is trying to gain yards so that they can score in the endzone. Now the offense doesn't hafta to rush evertime because they can throw the ball to a receiver. But the defense has to rush to the offense everytime to stop them from scoring. I know is a little info but just keep in mind that in football there is a defense and a offense.