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Is a good blocking FB/H-Back our "key" offensive position to being elite?
Posted on 1/8/15 at 8:45 am
Posted on 1/8/15 at 8:45 am
2010 Eric Smith
2013 Jay Prosch
I mean I know we had Cam in 2010, but this still supports what may be a correlation? Or am I misremembering Eric's role/performance?
2013 Jay Prosch
I mean I know we had Cam in 2010, but this still supports what may be a correlation? Or am I misremembering Eric's role/performance?
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Posted on 1/8/15 at 8:49 am to Swoopin
I think it's more guard play than anything else. In our power wing T running scheme you must have guards that can seal/open those edge running lanes.
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Posted on 1/8/15 at 9:03 am to Swoopin
I think it's key to us scoring TDs in the redzone. Which really hurt this year.
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Posted on 1/8/15 at 9:05 am to gsm1060
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In our power wing T running scheme you must have guards that can seal/open those edge running lanes.
True, but when Prosch was able to get to the second level and make blocks, our run game went to another level.
I think this is why Gus went out and immediately started recruiting true FB's, like Cox. I don't think he'd ever really used one before, so when he saw what a guy like Prosch can do, he saw what it can do with his offense. If I remember correctly, Smith was used more like a blocking TE, and not necessarily a FB.
Posted on 1/8/15 at 9:33 am to kage
Assuming your OL isn't getting their face caved in, a quality HBack is what makes 3-5 yard runs 15-20 when running up the middle.
Don't forget that when you have a dominant hback blocker, you can use him as a decoy. Worked very effectively with Prosch.
Don't forget that when you have a dominant hback blocker, you can use him as a decoy. Worked very effectively with Prosch.
Posted on 1/8/15 at 10:27 am to Swoopin
This is going to be Chandler Cox's role next year. blowin shite up.
Posted on 1/8/15 at 10:33 am to guschamp84
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Chandler Cox's role
Is this kid as good as advertised? I've been told he's like a prosch clone.
Posted on 1/8/15 at 10:39 am to AUCatfish
No way he has prosch's size/strength as a true frosh... however he is more athletic and will be way more of a rushing/receiving threat than Porsch could ever be.
He's more Jacob Hester than he is jay prosch IMO.
He's more Jacob Hester than he is jay prosch IMO.
Posted on 1/8/15 at 10:45 am to lowspark12
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No way he has prosch's size/strength as a true frosh.
Probably not, but I'm sure he'll have a role in the O next year. Give him a year or two with the S&C, and I can see him being pretty beastly. He's probably 225 now, so if he can put on 10 lbs between now and August, that would be nice. I can see him eventually playing in the 245-250 range and being very effective.
Posted on 1/8/15 at 11:16 am to AUCatfish
He was blowing folks up at the Army All American game. Not afraid of contact at all.
Posted on 1/8/15 at 11:21 am to AUbagman
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He was blowing folks up at the Army All American game. Not afraid of contact at all.
Doesn't he have pretty good hands as well?
Posted on 1/8/15 at 11:37 am to Swoopin
Combo OL and HB/FB
Posted on 1/8/15 at 11:50 am to AUbagman
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He was blowing folks up at the Army All American game. Not afraid of contact at all.
That is the difference between him and Fulse, and incidentally what made Prosch such a terror on the field.
Can't wait.
Posted on 1/8/15 at 12:09 pm to AUCatfish
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I've been told he's like a prosch clone.
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Posted on 1/8/15 at 12:25 pm to LanierSpots
That's why I asked about him. I don't keep up with recruiting much, this is what I had been told and was skeptical. Much like WMFC, there is only one Prosch.
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