How come NFL teams rarely run the fullback anymore?  They used to.?
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multi-TE sets....that is why....they are becoming obsolete.
842425
I think they made a mistake.  They should have traded down a couple of spots and picked Matt Leinart to reunite with Titans offensive co-ordinator Norm Chow who coached him at USC.\n\nFor more on the Titans and the NFL, check this out.  http://factipedia.com/sportsblogs/
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Because they arent as good as they are cracked up to be...they have no WRs, they're secondary sucks. Thats the problem, they've let too many people go thinking they can just plug someone else in and that it will work. It worked ONCE. Tom Brady, thats it. They even tried it at kicker. Now they're kicker sucks and Vinitateri is winning games for the Colts. The problem with the Pats is they let people go.
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The NFL is truly the Jeckyl and Hyde League!   There is a lack of consistancy because of several things.  First of all. . . many NFL players are just self serving egotistical gheto scumbuckets that care only about their "image" and not the team or game itself.  T.O. (team obliterater) owens. . . Chad (I am a total moron with my GAY endzone dances) Johnson. . . and etc.  The REAL football in this country is played on SATURDAY's by college teams.  The sunday NFL game is boring and mundane.    Free agency and players leaving one team for more money or press elswhere also have created a league of mediocre teams.  Look at pittsburg. . .. . from super bowl champs to total chumps!!!!   Look at the play off race. . . . a bunch of 5-6 teams still in the hunt!   The college BCS system is very flawed but at least every game counts!!!  In the NFL all you have to do is make the playoffs as a 8-8 team. . . get hot and catch a few breaks for a few games. . . and blamo!!!  You are super bowl champs!!     As a result. . . . anything can happen anyweek.. .. . P.S. . . . . Notre Dame and the Chicago Bears both bite the big schwantzola!!!
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There have been many in NFL history, the last being in 1943 (November 7, between the Giants and Lions).  There have been many in college history as well.
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Maybe it's because they have a running back at the QB spot. The QB running should always be the last option never the first. QB sneaks just a good way to get QB hurt
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Receivers seem to think they are better than the team and they are too flashy for my liking.  Meanwhile guys like Troy Brown of the Patriots quietly breaks his team's career record for catches, and he also plays in the defensive secondary as an extra defensive back.  Now THAT is a team player!
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Running backs have to be able to make quick and decisive cuts.  They make these cut backs while larger defensive lineman and linebackers are not only hanging all over them.  Add to this the fact that some only grab an arm, jersey or shoulder pad and twist their torso forcing them to make a cut while being pulled in the opposite direction.  If this happens while their foot/cleats di into the ground, it puts a lot of pressure on their knees and could easily result in an ACL tear.  That is why most running backs are short and bulky with strong leg muscles to help take some of the stress of the knee joint during a game.  other positions like receivers are usually getting tackled by the secondary guys and don't have to fight through a gauntlet of Lineman and linebackers that a runningback has to go through.  Thats why analysts always talk about how many players are in the box to help stop the run.
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Very rarely used anymore. Every once in awhile you will catch team using it, once in a blue moon as they say. Basically as was said the QB fakes a pass. His hand is up in a throwing motion. Usually as he does that a RB comes up from behind or running from the side and behind and grabs the ball from the other hand. Statue of Liberty is that the one hand is up in a throwing motion, like the torch, and the other is kinda tucked down for the hand off, like the tablet. As to the slight tuck it is in case they don't get the other team to bite well enough and the QB has to run.
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I think it was because they weren't what you would call NFL ready...  We all know those guys were very good college players, but they just didn't have NFL type talent...  They mostly succeeded based on K-States system...  not just off pure talent like Terrence Newmen or Darren Sproles...
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I doubt a bone was sticking out of their leg.  That would be played every year, over and over.  Its almost like Theismann, who did not play after LT cracked his leg
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Here's a quickie quiz for all pro football fanatics. Who was the first outside linebacker in pro football history? A - Tony Dearing B - Dick Farrell C - John Alexander D - Dale Musil. \n\nIf you answered C, you must have been conversing into the wee hours of the morning with the inimitable John Alexander, who turned 87 on July 4. Alexander resides in Metuchen, New Jersey, and played for the Giants in 1926. He is believed to be the oldest living Giant. He made pro football history on October 1, 1922, while playing the outside linebacker position for the Milwaukee Badgers against the Chicago Cardinals. The Cardinals won the fierce defensive battle, 3-0. A report on the game said Alexander played well, but the tall easterner seemed to be out of condition because of his strenuous and tiring experiment. John admits being a little tired, but not out of shape. \n\n"I did get a little tired, but I was in shape," said Alexander about the linebacker experience. "Some people don't believe I did it first, but I did and I have the proof." \n\nJohn says he decided to make the historic move to give himself a little more leeway on the field. He moved one step back and was one yard outside of the defensive end. Alexander has mountains of newspaper clippings, mostly photostatic copies of articles from many papers, including the Newark Star-Eagle, and Newark Evening News and the Staten Island Advance. \n\nAlexander, who played at 6-3, 248 (everyone was listed at 210 if they weighed more so they wouldn't intimidate the opposing team) has been featured in the magazine Legends, produced by the NFL Alumni Association, and the Professional Football Researchers Association newsletter in recent issues. \n\n"I keep everything," said John. "I enjoy going back and reading about the old days. I still get letters from some of the people that saw me play way back then." \n\nJohn played his college ball at Rutgers and his high school ball at Newark's South Side High (now Shabazz). He lettered at Rutgers in 1919 while a younger John Alexander lettered from 1973-76. The two made connections recently which pleased both men. \n\nAlexander's exploits gave former Giant coach Steve Owen an idea for his famed "umbrella defense," a long standby of the Giants and another reason to believe that Alexander was the first outside linebacker. \n\nJohn also had a hand in the Giants' debut in the NFL. John gathered 12 of his "pals" to face the tough Gothamites on September 27, 1925. The pickup players called themselves the Red Jackets. They faced the Giants at Newark's Dreamland Park (in the Weequahic section of town). The game drew more than 3,500 fans and the Jackets displayed a tough defense, but fell to the Giants, 3-0. The Red Jackets, who did nothing more than a few exercises before the game, had held their own against the Giants and earned $50 for their efforts. Alexander made many outstanding tackles which stopped some long runs by the Giants. John played for Orange that year and it beat the Giants for the Eastern pro football title. \n\nAlexander also played offensive tackle in the days of the 60-minute man. The most money he earned as a pro for each game was $100 because the team was allotted $1,800. While with the Milwaukee club, Alexander played with two black legends in Rutgers -- grad Paul Robeson and Brown University All-American Fritz Pollard. "Those two guys were so good, but they had to take so much grief. Robeson asked for $200 and threatened not to play if he didn't get it. He got it because people wanted to see him play. He helped a lot of us get more money." \n\nAlexander talked about how Robeson and Pollard had to stay in separate facilities after games. "Despite all the trouble they went through, they played great in every game. They were fantastic." \n\nThe players supplied their own uniforms, food and lodging and everything else except their
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It's a possibility, but he has to stay healthy, and as people have\nsaid, it's rare for a running back to play long enough to have a shot at the record. I think it's more of a rarity to see  a halfback playing in the NFL into his late thirties and early  forties than a wide out. It's\nunlikely since he would be unlikely playing football that long based on the toll playing halfback would take on his body for so long.
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Clearly you are not from Chicago nor have you ever watched a Bears game.  I have watched every game this season, and I am always amazed at how Urlacher is in on almost every tackle.  They man moves so fast.  No matter what side a running back chooses to run to, Ulracher is there.  There is no way he is overrated.  In fact, I think ESPN has to stop talking about T.O. so much and start talking about how we are watching one of the top 10 linebackers EVER in the history of the NFL.
766108
I just remember Bo Jackson.  The Raiders haven't had a good running back since he got hurt.
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Barry Sanders.\n\nThe whole time Barry was with Detroit I think only one offensive lineman went to one pro bowl.  No quarterbacks or wide recievers went at all, besides mel gray as a return man.\n\nWhen Emmit was in Dallas, the Cowboys commonly had 3 lineman in mutiple pro bowls.  Troy Aikman went to several and Michael Irvin went to several.\n\nThe deal is that Barry quit while still in his prime.  He could have easily gotten the rushing record himself.  While I believe Emmit was the better back at the goal line, simply because he was a bigger and more straight ahead runner, over all I think Barry was better.  Every opponent that Detroit played but 8 men in the box to stop him and he still ran wild.  The passing game was horrible and the line was horrible everybody knew they were giving it to Barry and they still couldn't stop him.  With Dallas, you couldn't sell out to stop the run because Aikman and Irvin would barbeque you if you did.  Detroit couldn't pass gas man.
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I AM A FRIGGIN FOOTBALL GOD BOW TO ME. (LOL) seriously thoughj a tight end has to run fast and be able to be nimble on their feet. They have to be able to cover their man.