Easy answer to our short yardage probems.

[BFritz21]

(03-02-2022, 02:18 AM)Whatever Wrote: That's an assumption that doesn't always hold true in reality.  No RB just runs as fast as they towards the LoS when the ball is snapped.  They are typically at a jog while they scan for a hole and then accelerate through.  You will often hear commentators praise good RB's for being patient and allowing their blocks and holes to develop.  

If you watch the clip, Perrine actually stutter steps and kills his own momentum with a false step to the left before seeing the hole on the right and accelerating towards it.  If he begins heading towards the LoS at the snap, he will have to slow himself even more to allow himself time to see the hole.  

Backs typically don't jog on short yardage and, if they're looking for holes, they may stutter step, but they're facing towards the line, so it's easy to hit full speed.

Perine had to take that false step to get the handoff from Joe. It wasn't a false step. It was a shitty play call.