re: I have an honest question about play calling boards

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I assume the staff has designated 1 of the 4 corners to actually pay attention to with the others being decoys, but I have no clue.

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I think you are correct.

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Also, how do the players know the play based off a picture? Is it just shorthand, like whatever letter that particular picture starts with represents a certain play or something?

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Yep. Let's say for example, a team called a counter run play with the backside guard and fullback pulling "cowboy".

A formation is signaled in, and the players start to line up in that formation. The board is then held up on the sideline, and perhaps Tony Romo is on the top left corner (the live square). Tony Romo is a Dallas Cowboy, so the play to run will be "cowboy".