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A hole in American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
is a space in between the defensive linemen, through which the running back
A running back (RB) is a member of the offensive backfield in gridiron football. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback to rush the ball, to line up as a receiver to catch the ball,
and block. Th ...
aims to run. It is also known as a running lane. These can be predesignated holes defined by the spacing between players ''before the snap'', or they can be established by moving players around and establishing the holes ''after the snap'' (in a play called a run-to-daylight). The defense's holes are contrasted with the offense's gaps.
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