premise: You 're by yourself . You 're not part of the team . " It 's true that the position is well suited to both solipsists and showoffs . Not only do its practitioners often come from flashier individual sports like track , but they 're also left dangling at the field 's edge , locked in single combat with a defensive back . What would happen if the individual loses his personal tussle with the opposing number ?
hypothesis: His team would struggle because though it is a team sport , individual contributions are crucial