Offensively the differences between the CFL and NFl

One of the mane difference is that the field is longer in the CFL as it

110 yards long compared to a 100 yards for the NFL and 65 yards wide

compared 53 1/3 yards wide while CFL has a 20 yard end zone compared to 10

yards for the NFL. The CFL has C in the middle of the feild (55 yard line)

and the NFL usually has a logo of the home team in the middle usually (50

yard line). The wide receivers in the CFL get a 5 yard jump on the defence

because they start 5-yards behind the line of scrimmage (where the ball is

placed) and have to make sure they do not pass the line of scrimmage

before the ball is snapped while NFL receivers are on the line of

scrimmage and can not move forward before the ball is snapped. In the CFL

canadian born players need to be on the field anywhere except for

quaterback counts and they need to have 7 canadians on the field but you

can but some on defence so not all 7 need to be on offensive and you have

12 players on the offense and the NFL has 11 players. Inside 3 minutes

left in a half or the game the clock will stopped at the end of the play

and starts up again when the referee blow the whistle and clock starts

again except ofcouse for incomplete passes and getting out of bounds and

in the NFL the clocks keeps moving except for also time-outs. In the CFL

you get 1 timeout a half and 3 a half in the NFL and the CFL you get 2

downs to get 10 yards while you get 3 downs in the NFL and the goal posts

are on the goal-line instead of the back of the end zone so you need to be

more aware of them as they are in the field of play.

Thanks for reading

Tom Mehegan
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