miloofcroton
Third String But Playing on Special Teams
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Or F-Back or 'move tight end'... whatever you want to call it. With Develin retired and two young TEs who both seem capable in such a role, we seem to be moving back to it.
Despite the death of the fullback, it surprises me that there hasn't been a renaissance of the H-Back in the NFL. Why is it a valuable position?
1. Teams are most unpredictable out of under center formations. (Not the shotgun).
2. Running is best with a lead blocker coming roughly somewhere out of the backfield (regular I, weak I, strong I, etc)
3. The ability to move TEs around is equivalent to the ability to move LBs around in a 3-4 defense. If you can go from an I formation look, motion a guy a few feet, and suddenly you're in trips or 2 and 2 with a threat of 4 verts, that's a super powerful change. (Or, imagine the same but in reverse).
Most teams that use 2TE looks will stay strictly with a one back look, and I think this really limits them. The Pats historically (over the past 10-20 years) have been one of the best at using the H-Back to do a number of things on offense, and I'm excited for what this year may bring.
What say you?
Despite the death of the fullback, it surprises me that there hasn't been a renaissance of the H-Back in the NFL. Why is it a valuable position?
1. Teams are most unpredictable out of under center formations. (Not the shotgun).
2. Running is best with a lead blocker coming roughly somewhere out of the backfield (regular I, weak I, strong I, etc)
3. The ability to move TEs around is equivalent to the ability to move LBs around in a 3-4 defense. If you can go from an I formation look, motion a guy a few feet, and suddenly you're in trips or 2 and 2 with a threat of 4 verts, that's a super powerful change. (Or, imagine the same but in reverse).
Most teams that use 2TE looks will stay strictly with a one back look, and I think this really limits them. The Pats historically (over the past 10-20 years) have been one of the best at using the H-Back to do a number of things on offense, and I'm excited for what this year may bring.
What say you?