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Free Agrent

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I'm not an NFL fan so I am only assuming this is a mistake. The text reads...

Free Agrent running back Leon Washington

Is it meant to be "Free Agent"?

Montalban (talk) 03:42, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Merger proposal

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I propose we merge both kickoff returner and punt returner into this page. While I'm aware that not every punt returner is also a kickoff returner and vice-versa, I think both articles' contents can be explained in this one page. There's really nothing that could be said on either page that couldn't also be said here. Lizard (talk) 22:11, 23 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds like a good idea to merge the three articles. Jweiss11 (talk) 02:29, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
All three articles even use an image of the same player. Lizard (talk) 03:20, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Seems like a good idea.  StarScream1007  ►Talk  13:43, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Makes sense to me. Surely kickoff specialist can be moved to kicker, and touchdown pass to pass. Cake (talk) 06:10, 25 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I made the shift article. Motion and shift are pretty distinct, as the person who made the motion article tried to tease out, and I wouldn't think "pre snap movement" deserves an article. A shift changes the formation, a motion is one dude flowing within a formation. You won't ever hear a receiver roaming called a shift, and you won't hear any of the historical shifts listed called a motion. My dogmatism there aside, I agree it should be gone over. I've tried to repair it in various ways. Cake (talk) 10:16, 25 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Yeh I know they're different, and I can't really see how to combine them. But if strong safety and free safety aren't notable enough on their own to merit an article, there's a ton that can be knocked out. I mean, Alley Oop (football)? Shoot the gap? Counter trey? Lizard (talk) 20:30, 4 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree. You can see in the german Wikipedia, that there are different aspects to tell on both positions.--JTCEPB (talk) 20:07, 4 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Can you translate some of that info into the English articles to support this? Lizard (talk) 20:33, 4 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I went ahead and merged. It's only my second or third time merging articles so it's possible I left something behind. I also removed some obvious peacocks and weasels and added reference tags. Lizard (talk) 01:27, 15 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]