Learning football positions

My wife was trying to arrange a swap this evening. "You clean the kitchen, I'll watch your football game and tell you what happens." She was providing hypothetical play-by-play: "Number 87 caught the ball, he's on the 30, the 20, the 10...oh, he fumbled, and it's recovered by a big fat ugly guy, number 1-something."

I told her that a big fat ugly guy would likely have a number starting with something like a 9, not a 1. She asked for more details about what I meant, so I showed her the NFL rules regarding player numbers.

Position(s)	Primary	Alternate
QB, P, K	1-19
RB, DB	20-49
C	50-59	60-79
G, T	60-79
WR	80-89	10-19
TE	80-89
DL (NT/DT/DE)	60-79	90-99
LB	50-59	90-99

She was going through the list of positions and doing a pretty good job of associating the abbreviations with the full position names. "RB, that's running back. WR, that's wide receiver."

Then she said, "TE, ooh, I know that, it's tight end. That's what you are, you're my little tight end!"

Oh boy...well, whatever it takes for her to be remotely interested in football...