Bonus: The Lazy Genius Guide to Understanding Football
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Kicking a Field Goal in a Fourth Turn
A team gets four tries to move ten yards. They can run the length of the field in one play. Ten is not limit, it is a minimum requirement. The punta ant is when a team that is on their last turn, they're on their fourth down, they want to move the ball as far away from the other team as they can. It's almost like, it's like a childish game of keepaway. Once that other team gets their turn to a score, they've got a longer way to go before they score. So most of the time, when it's fourth down, you'll see a team punt. But if they're just too far away, they
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