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<blockquote data-quote="Thirteen Below" data-source="post: 1032707" data-attributes="member: 18006"><p>The green dot on the helmet designates the only player on the field who is allowed to be in one-way radio communication with the sideline/booth. They are not allowed to speak, so there is no mic, but the sideline can give them directions. They can receive transmissions up until the 15 second point on the play clock, or until the ball is snapped, whichever comes first. The radio is cut off while the play is live.</p><p></p><p>Even though only one player from each team is allowed to have a green dot on the field at any given time, each team is alowed to have a total of 6 green dot helmets per game - 3 for the quarterbacks, and 3 for the defensive dot-heads. In some cases, the player who normally wears the dot also sometimes plays a different position which is not suited for the radio communication, so those players have 2 helmets for each game - in case they switch to a position that doesn't make sense for radio communication.</p><p></p><p>For the defense, it's usuallly a linebacker, but I know some teams use a safety (at least some of the time). I imagine it's possible to use a CB, but I'm not sure if that's ever been done. I guess somebody's probably done it at some point.</p><p></p><p>And yes, the whole point is so that the coach or coordinator can call out the schemes and have someone move the players around as they see the way the other team is lining up.</p><p></p><p>The reason I'm not comfortable with Quay being that guy is that a number of the times last season when players were spotting gaps or changes in the offense, and tried to cheat up toadjust, I saw him motioning them back out of position. The most glaring example was that 4th down quarterback sneak in the Jaguar's game, where there was a huge hole in the A gap and their QB dove right through it.</p><p></p><p>That gap was big enough to drive a golf cart through, and Nixon (in the box, and right off the line) spotted it and moved up to cover it. Walker was playing about 6 yards back, in the center, and you could see him call out to Nixon and wave him back. Nixon turned to look at him, pointed to the gap, and made a "WTF?" gesture with his hands. Walker shook his head, and waved him back.</p><p></p><p>Well, Nixon was right. That was exactly where the play was going, and he spotted it easily. At the instant of the snap, he made a herculean effort to plug that hole, but the QB only had to dive a yard and a half and Nixon had to cover 6. He still came up only a split second short of stopping the play, but Walker had him too far away to close it up. It was amazing how quickly Nixon reacted and covered the ground; an incredibly athletic play, and I came away appreciating Nixon a little bit more.</p><p></p><p>Now, that may have been largely due to Barry, but I don't think so, because this all happened within the last 15 seconds on the play clock - meaning Barry could not have been telling Quay "hey, get Nixon back away from there" at that time. Walker made the decision on his own, and it cost us a 4th down conversion.</p><p></p><p>I don't trust Walker to have the smarts to make those kinds of decisions. The man has a reported Wonderlic score of 9. That's all I'm gonna say about that, except that I hope we have some better options on D for that dot this year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thirteen Below, post: 1032707, member: 18006"] The green dot on the helmet designates the only player on the field who is allowed to be in one-way radio communication with the sideline/booth. They are not allowed to speak, so there is no mic, but the sideline can give them directions. They can receive transmissions up until the 15 second point on the play clock, or until the ball is snapped, whichever comes first. The radio is cut off while the play is live. Even though only one player from each team is allowed to have a green dot on the field at any given time, each team is alowed to have a total of 6 green dot helmets per game - 3 for the quarterbacks, and 3 for the defensive dot-heads. In some cases, the player who normally wears the dot also sometimes plays a different position which is not suited for the radio communication, so those players have 2 helmets for each game - in case they switch to a position that doesn't make sense for radio communication. For the defense, it's usuallly a linebacker, but I know some teams use a safety (at least some of the time). I imagine it's possible to use a CB, but I'm not sure if that's ever been done. I guess somebody's probably done it at some point. And yes, the whole point is so that the coach or coordinator can call out the schemes and have someone move the players around as they see the way the other team is lining up. The reason I'm not comfortable with Quay being that guy is that a number of the times last season when players were spotting gaps or changes in the offense, and tried to cheat up toadjust, I saw him motioning them back out of position. The most glaring example was that 4th down quarterback sneak in the Jaguar's game, where there was a huge hole in the A gap and their QB dove right through it. That gap was big enough to drive a golf cart through, and Nixon (in the box, and right off the line) spotted it and moved up to cover it. Walker was playing about 6 yards back, in the center, and you could see him call out to Nixon and wave him back. Nixon turned to look at him, pointed to the gap, and made a "WTF?" gesture with his hands. Walker shook his head, and waved him back. Well, Nixon was right. That was exactly where the play was going, and he spotted it easily. At the instant of the snap, he made a herculean effort to plug that hole, but the QB only had to dive a yard and a half and Nixon had to cover 6. He still came up only a split second short of stopping the play, but Walker had him too far away to close it up. It was amazing how quickly Nixon reacted and covered the ground; an incredibly athletic play, and I came away appreciating Nixon a little bit more. Now, that may have been largely due to Barry, but I don't think so, because this all happened within the last 15 seconds on the play clock - meaning Barry could not have been telling Quay "hey, get Nixon back away from there" at that time. Walker made the decision on his own, and it cost us a 4th down conversion. I don't trust Walker to have the smarts to make those kinds of decisions. The man has a reported Wonderlic score of 9. That's all I'm gonna say about that, except that I hope we have some better options on D for that dot this year. [/QUOTE]
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