Felix Not Hitting the Hole observations w/Pic

Chocolate Lab;3598823 said:
Basically, Witten is getting his butt kicked -- look how tilted his upper body is. That's the kind of read a RB makes right there -- just little flashes of color -- and the white is on the left and the navy blue is on the right.

Looks to me like he went the right way, and if Kosier had made his block there would've been good yardage to the left. Or maybe not since lead blocker Witten got so blown up on the play.
If you can watch the video of the play, you'll see that Witten wasn't close to getting thrown inside by Ryans. In fact, you can see Witten still very much upright in the next picture. He was pushed back about a foot though, and that's what brought Felix down. When he cut back and tried to go inside of the block, he tripped over the back of Witten's leg. Ryans was so focused on the collision with Witten, there is no way he makes the tackle if Felix just continues on his original path.
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were there questions about his toughness coming out of Arkansas?

he is a very tentative runner unless he is open space. no way he can ever be a feature back if he can't run between the tackles.
 
dboy214;3599020 said:
were there questions about his toughness coming out of Arkansas?

he is a very tentative runner unless he is open space. no way he can ever be a feature back if he can't run between the tackles.

Maybe in your own mind, but not in the mind of anybody that scouted him or watched Arkansas.

IMO, Felix isn't able to get into a rhythm because he's not getting enough carries.
 

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