penalties

Holding: Holding is a foul that offense gets more then defense because defense is allowed to hold on to the players jersey and offense is not. Holding is pretty much when a player grabs another player in a unfair way making it hard for them to get through or making it hard to stop them from getting past. Pass interference: Pass interference is when a player grabs or knocks another players hand out of the way to catch or block the ball. Personal foul: Personal foul is when a player is purposely (or not purposely) to rough or injures a player. Offsides: Offsides is when a player jumps or walks over the line of scrimmage (the line separating offense and defense before the Quarter back calls hike ( begins the play. ) Forward lateral: Forward lateral is when You make a forward lateral (a lateral is when you pitch the ball backwards) the reason you only get a foul for a forward lateral and not a backwards lateral is because it would be unfair if you could make forwards laterals because it would be extremely hard to tackle the running back. So now, here is how suspension works.