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Old 03-31-2009, 10:07 AM   #7
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Re: NFL Terminology: "Cap Penalty", "Hot Route"

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Originally Posted by adembroski
If you wanna get really technical, linebackers don't blitz, they're dogs, and defensive backs don't dog, they blitz.
I don't know about that.

"Dog" was always the name of our strong-side outside linebacker in our defense in high school. "Cat" was the weakside... We ran a 4-4.

I've never heard anyone say a linebacker "dogged." Maybe the terminology differs from system to system.
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