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Dick Friedman's avatar

Here's a vote for the introduction of the end zone as being as significant as the legalization of the forward pass.

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Football Archaeology's avatar

What is your rationale for that? Allowing the ball to cross the goal line without resulting in a touchback was big.

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Sports Dispatch's avatar

Well done, I did not realize that Warner did not himself call the formations Single and Double Wing

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Dick Friedman's avatar

Before there was an end zone, there was no threat of a pass beyond the goal line. Once the EZ was created, the defense had to account for the possibility of a pass and couldn't just stack up 11 men on the goal line. So...many fewer low-scoring (i.e. boring) games.

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