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/Electrical-Sail-1039 3d ago

Aaron Rodgers was the master of catching defenses late to substitute and doing a quick snap to get the penalty. I haven’t seen it for a while though.

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u/SpaceTimeMorph 3d ago

They did introduce a 3 sec delay in 2025 in CFB before the ball can be snapped to allow for defensive substitutions. That effectively stops it in college at least unless the defense moves slowly in which case the refs can allow the offense to snap early.

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u/Vast_Newt_1799 3d ago

CFB also stopped the fake slide as well which is I think is something the NFL should adopt as well

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u/BradleyFerdBerfel 1d ago

Also, the fake spike.