Good piece here on the Alex Gibbs approach to the running game. Attner conveniently leaves out the part where they go after opponents' knees, claims that Jake Plummer's bootlegs help the offense (how helpful were they the last two years?), and suggests that wearing down the opposition is some kind of revolutionary idea (hello, that's what running the football is supposed to do)... but as far as discussing the system itself, I found it to be an excellent, informative piece. Anything that explains why a) Ron Dayne is contributing and b) Warrick Dunn is effective has to be useful. And anything that places Terrell Davis' success in the same bucket as the success stories of Tatum Bell and T.J. Duckett is fine with me.
Man, I haven't thought about Terrell Davis in quite some time. I wouldn't detest him so much if his reputation, his career, and his accomplishments weren't so transparently attributable to his offensive line. History gives the line more credit with each passing 1,000 runner, and people do seem to have forgotten about him, but I'd like to see someone look back and question why a running back with no moves had so much stardom. I mean, I used to question Emmitt Smith's ability, given that Dallas' O-line was so dominant, but over time you could't argue that Emmitt didn't have skills. TD, on the other hand, just hit the hole. Congratulations: you're clearly talented enough to run high school track! We should treat TD's 2,008-yard season with the same validity as, ohhh, Aaron Small's 10-0 stretch this year for the Yankees.
Man, I haven't thought about Terrell Davis in quite some time. I wouldn't detest him so much if his reputation, his career, and his accomplishments weren't so transparently attributable to his offensive line. History gives the line more credit with each passing 1,000 runner, and people do seem to have forgotten about him, but I'd like to see someone look back and question why a running back with no moves had so much stardom. I mean, I used to question Emmitt Smith's ability, given that Dallas' O-line was so dominant, but over time you could't argue that Emmitt didn't have skills. TD, on the other hand, just hit the hole. Congratulations: you're clearly talented enough to run high school track! We should treat TD's 2,008-yard season with the same validity as, ohhh, Aaron Small's 10-0 stretch this year for the Yankees.
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