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Ben Muth does a really terrific column for Football Outsiders on offensive line play. Each year, he picks three teams to follow for the upcoming season. He's done the Cowboys a couple times over the last few seasons: this year he isn't, but he is following the Giants. So this piece has lots of video and discussion about the DAL-NYG game, but from a Giants OL perspective.
http://www.footballoutsiders.com/word-muth/2017/word-muth-first-impressions
"Good God in Heaven, [Bobby Hart, the RT] screws up like three things in his first two steps. It's actually impressive. First, he false steps with his outside foot. If you're running outside zone away, you should never ever step with your outside foot first. Then, when he does get around to stepping play-side, he steps underneath himself. So after taking two steps, he has somehow moved in the opposite direction from where he was trying to go. He is further away from making a block than if he had just stayed in his stance.
And finally, he ends the play with an absolute textbook case of a coffee table cut. On a good cut, you put your helmet on a defender's thigh board and drive your legs until you just can't stay up anymore. On a crappy cut, you drop to all fours and hope the defender trips over you like you're a coffee table in the middle of the night. This play is an absolute dumpster fire of technique."
http://www.footballoutsiders.com/word-muth/2017/word-muth-first-impressions
"Good God in Heaven, [Bobby Hart, the RT] screws up like three things in his first two steps. It's actually impressive. First, he false steps with his outside foot. If you're running outside zone away, you should never ever step with your outside foot first. Then, when he does get around to stepping play-side, he steps underneath himself. So after taking two steps, he has somehow moved in the opposite direction from where he was trying to go. He is further away from making a block than if he had just stayed in his stance.
And finally, he ends the play with an absolute textbook case of a coffee table cut. On a good cut, you put your helmet on a defender's thigh board and drive your legs until you just can't stay up anymore. On a crappy cut, you drop to all fours and hope the defender trips over you like you're a coffee table in the middle of the night. This play is an absolute dumpster fire of technique."