Do you have to "Report" as a blocker

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(09-29-2022, 01:13 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: That's not entirely correct. 

The rule has always been, 7 guys on the LoS, the two nearest the sidelines are eligible. Everyone else on the LoS between them are ineligible. If the guy closest to a sideline has an inelible number, he must report as eligible. 

Bill just aligned guys so that a WR (or TE, i can't remember) was lined up on the LoS, with a WR outside of him (covering him and making him ineligible), which meant that when the ball was snapped, the guy inside could not run a route, even though he was a TE or WR. 

Faulk beat me to it: it matters as to how many on the LOS and in the backfield.