Easy answer to our short yardage probems.

[KillerGoose]

(03-08-2022, 07:28 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: Yes they can just start sprinting forward or take a step angled at the line, not side stepped or stutter. 

You're wrong.

Don't even take my word for it. Here is Henry doing it.



And another.



I think you are likely thinking of zone runs in comparison to BoB runs, which is what these are. Each individual running play has timing built into it, and this calls for different techniques. If it is a zone run, then yes, they can take an angled approach and get up to speed, like this. 



Note that despite Mixon being angled towards the outside, this run goes A gap on the right side because Mixon cuts back. Generally, when a team runs directly up the middle, they are running BoB. This means that the running back is taking that false step. Here is a random run from the Rams, showing that false step as well.



The run blocking scheme that is being discussed here has the RB taking a false step for angle and timing purposes.