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Chain crew

In gridiron football, the chain crew (commonly known as the "chain gang") is a crew that manages signal poles on one of the sidelines. There are three primary signal poles: the "rear rod" that marks the beginning of the current set of downs, the "forward rod" that marks the line to gain, and the "box" that marks the line of scrimmage. The two rods are…

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Chain crew

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Triples49
Avg. degree1.93
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related to history · 7
Chain crew → All, Dial-a-Down, Electronic, In, It, LEDs, The
related to Auxiliary chain crew · 6
Chain crew → For, It, The, The NFL, Their, This
related to Operations · 6
Chain crew → At, In, Instant Replay, NFL, The, Using
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Chain crew → Another, The, This, Three
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Chain crew → For, In, NFL

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chain crew line box nfl man field linesman football rod yards first downs scrimmage number mark rear signals play gain

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the NFL with Instant Replayinstance ofIn leagues0.80text
the old clip remains on the chain until the chain crew is sure the previous play will not be reviewedinstance ofIn leagues0.80text
reversed.After a typical playinstance ofIn leagues0.80text
the box man increments the displayed numberinstance ofIn leagues0.80text
realigns that pole to the new line of scrimmageinstance ofIn leagues0.80text
again as directed by the linesmaninstance ofIn leagues0.80text
Chain crewrelated to Auxiliary chain crewFor0.60section
Chain crewrelated to Auxiliary chain crewTheir0.60section
Chain crewrelated to Auxiliary chain crewThe0.60section
Chain crewrelated to Auxiliary chain crewThis0.60section
Chain crewrelated to Auxiliary chain crewIt0.60section
Chain crewrelated to Auxiliary chain crewThe NFL0.60section

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