07-13-2015, 02:41 AM
(07-12-2015, 09:00 PM)GreenCornBengal Wrote: I'm pretty sure Hill gave Hewitt major props and said he helped him make many of the big runs he got last year. I think Hill likes having a FB.
Speaking as a former HS FB I must say I'm sentimental about the position and do think FBs help dynamically block in the run game. But as a football fan I know the old I formation is dying a slow death. Its just so much easier to spread out the defense a little with the threat of a pass and then run up the gut.
Since we have to play to our strengths though, and right now TE's are not that, maybe utilizing Hewitt a bit unconventionally could be a way to catch a defense off guard. Like possibly throwing a quick out to him or using motion to place him outside a TE.
