Nemo
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I believe that this inane comment started with John Madden, but I hear it repeated by commentators each and every week..."such and such RB is much more effective when he runs with his shoulders squared to the line of scrimmage."
The thing that is so stupid about this remark is that if a running back is running down the field toward the endzone and gaining positive yardage his shoulders, as a result of human anatomy, are necessarily "squared to the line." If the back is running sideways and not gaining yards they are not.
The comment is literally the equivalent of saying the running back is more effective when he is running down the field gaining positive yards..this kind of stupid fluff is what passes for expert "analysis"? If you want to say that a back is more effective when he hits the hole without hesitation, instead of trying to bounce the play outside, then say that. That is something RBs choose to do at times (including Reggie Bush, although he is becoming more selective and effective with that move) - other times it's because there is no hole in the line and the back is just trying to make something out of nothing (which most of the times results in negative yardage).
The thing that is so stupid about this remark is that if a running back is running down the field toward the endzone and gaining positive yardage his shoulders, as a result of human anatomy, are necessarily "squared to the line." If the back is running sideways and not gaining yards they are not.
The comment is literally the equivalent of saying the running back is more effective when he is running down the field gaining positive yards..this kind of stupid fluff is what passes for expert "analysis"? If you want to say that a back is more effective when he hits the hole without hesitation, instead of trying to bounce the play outside, then say that. That is something RBs choose to do at times (including Reggie Bush, although he is becoming more selective and effective with that move) - other times it's because there is no hole in the line and the back is just trying to make something out of nothing (which most of the times results in negative yardage).