FL/SE differences?

[JesterBlaze]

Can someone give me a run-down on the differences between FL's and SE's?

[judicial clerk]

Split ends line up on the line of scrimmage. Flankers line up in the backfield. The are both typically wide receivers, although it is not uncommon for a tight end or running back to "spilt out". I do not know if FOF, or real football for that matter, accounts for much of a difference between the two. It is possible that a wide receiver who is good at shucking a DB who is trying to jam the wide receiver may make a better split end. it is harder for a DB to jam a flanker because the Flanker lines up further away from the man head up on him.

It is late in the day so there are no guarantees that any of this post will make sense.

[Leonidas]

FOF and TCY typically consider the FL to be the #1 receiver. My personal choice is to put the guy with big play numbers at FL and the possession type guy at SE.

[JonInMiddleGA]

FOF and TCY typically consider the FL to be the #1 receiver. My personal choice is to put the guy with big play numbers at FL and the possession type guy at SE.
Which is just the opposite of how I generally designate my WR's.

(means nothing, I just thought it was interesting)

[dawgfan]

Flankers line up in the backfield.

Just a clarification - Flankers don't generally line up in the backfield per se, but just off the line of scrimmage. Since the offense must have 7 and only 7 players on the line of scrimmage, the classic I and Pro formations will have the 5 OL, a TE and a SE on the line and the Flanker will be back from the line of scrimmage by a yard or so.

[General Mike]

The Split End is usually the better blocker of the 2 as well.

[stevew]

I attempt to put my #1 WR in the slot in FOF. I still cant figure out how to run any form of passing game.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Just a clarification - Flankers don't generally line up in the backfield per se, but just off the line of scrimmage. Since the offense must have 7 and only 7 players on the line of scrimmage, the classic I and Pro formations will have the 5 OL, a TE and a SE on the line and the Flanker will be back from the line of scrimmage by a yard or so.

If the flanker isn't on the line, then (technically) he's in the backfield, isn't he? You're either on the line or in the backfield.

I'm just nitpicking for fun's sake. :)

[judicial clerk]

When I say in the backfield, I ment off the line of scrimmage and the flanker is in the backfield, but dawgfan is correct as far as what we typically think of as "being in the backfiedl" (QB, FB, RB).

[dawgfan]

I may very well be wrong, but I was always under the impression that 'backfield' meant anyone lined up behind the offensive line - hence the clarification.