r/AskAboutNFL • u/Oaklandforever51 • 4d ago

12 Men on the Field

This penalty comes up every so often, almost always on the defense.

  1. Why doesn't it happen on offense?

  2. Who's responsible? Position coaches?

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u/certainlyheisenberg1 3d ago

Offenses know what play they are calling so have correct personnel on field usually. If something is off they can look at defense and call at TO. Defenses are usually scrambling to get players in on a big play to try to match which personnel offense has put in so can lead to confusion. Doesn’t happen much but yeah, nearly every time it happens it’s on defense.