In football if the defense had 12 players instead of 11...

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If the 12th was a Cowboys linebacker it wouldn't matter.

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I’m sure it’s somewhat automated. Just make it 20 with 5 downs to do it.

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that’s how you get Arena Football

I would imagine most teams would use the extra defender almost exclusively as a pass rusher which would put more defenders in the box and could potentially create even more pass heavy offenses.

Not necessarily increasing scoring but skewing the game even further in the pass heavy direction

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Would scoring be cut in half as a result?

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Watch soccer. That might be boring enough for ya

The CFL has 12 players on offense and defense.

Much larger field though so hard to make a direct comparison.

Or are you talking offense gets 11 and defense gets 12?

Offenses are getting better for a lot of reasons.

#1 they a literally getting better. Better and more accurate QBs, receivers that make insane catches and are incredible athletes. Coaches that find every weakness possible, etc.

#2 defenses are getting shittier. The DEs don’t contain. No one knows how to tackle or take a proper angle. It’s awful to watch.

#3 Holding by WRs and the o-line is out of control. And has been for many years.

Unless coaches want to focus on #2 and force the higher ups to enforce #3, the scoring machine teams aren’t going anywhere.

I actually like the question.

Pretty tired of seeing 72-58 games.