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Excuse me! The game hasn't changed. Coaching just moved away from using RBs in the passing game. It was a cyclical thing, not some revelation last year that; "Gee! What if we used RBs in our passing game?"
The fact is, over the last several years, the RBs coming out of college just didn't seem to have the "hands" if you listen to some coaches talk about it. "They weren't taught to catch a football!"
Guess what? You could teach them when they get to the NFL, can't you? If you don't, all the talk of them being part of the passing game is pure hogwash, except in one other area, that I think is essential to being a quality RB in the league.
You need to develop good blocking technique, and how to use what is usually a lower center of gravity than that 300# coming at you, to turn your lack of size into a positive. You don't need to stop a speeding bullet, just divert a freight train, and that's 90% of your job in blocking as an RB What do we usually see? An RB getting into a semi-fetal position, hoping the guy won't maim him as he runs him over.
Realizing this is straight from Packer Pravda Central, it's great for motivating cheerleaders, but it also does show that their intent is to bring more attention to the shorter passing game which the Packers have lacked for some time now. Even the short crossing routes had been eliminated. Let's see how they actually go in this direction. Let's also see just how good our batch of RBs actually can play in the Le Fleur game plan.
RBs need to catch the ball!
The fact is, over the last several years, the RBs coming out of college just didn't seem to have the "hands" if you listen to some coaches talk about it. "They weren't taught to catch a football!"
Guess what? You could teach them when they get to the NFL, can't you? If you don't, all the talk of them being part of the passing game is pure hogwash, except in one other area, that I think is essential to being a quality RB in the league.
You need to develop good blocking technique, and how to use what is usually a lower center of gravity than that 300# coming at you, to turn your lack of size into a positive. You don't need to stop a speeding bullet, just divert a freight train, and that's 90% of your job in blocking as an RB What do we usually see? An RB getting into a semi-fetal position, hoping the guy won't maim him as he runs him over.
Realizing this is straight from Packer Pravda Central, it's great for motivating cheerleaders, but it also does show that their intent is to bring more attention to the shorter passing game which the Packers have lacked for some time now. Even the short crossing routes had been eliminated. Let's see how they actually go in this direction. Let's also see just how good our batch of RBs actually can play in the Le Fleur game plan.
RBs need to catch the ball!