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<blockquote data-quote="Northeast Stinger" data-source="post: 992374" data-attributes="member: 1640"><p>Yep and yep and yep.</p><p></p><p>Do I recall correctly that Ted Roof had some kind of hybrid / nickel back whose primary purpose was to keep the defense from getting beaten on an explosive play? The position had a name. Don’t know if Roof stuck with that or not.</p><p></p><p>Also seems like Rodgers, maybe, experimented one year with a three man defensive front but the two ends played just outside the offensive tackles. Their job was to bull rush straight back into the backfield to keep any play from going wide. Linebackers crowded inside the tackles and the defense tried to force things inside. </p><p></p><p>Now I’m just reminiscing but Southern Cal in late 60s, 70s played a five down lineman front with a nose tackle, sometimes switching to a six man front. Their job was to stop any linemen from getting to second level and allow the linebacker or backers (never more than 2) to roam freely from sideline to sideline.</p><p></p><p>I actually remember having a right half back and left half back when I was a child. Then along came Lenny Snow who was a tailback with number 41.</p><p></p><p>So, to repeat my question to everyone, do your understand newer concepts that come along by translating them in your mind to some function that may have been performed by a different position and name in the past?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Northeast Stinger, post: 992374, member: 1640"] Yep and yep and yep. Do I recall correctly that Ted Roof had some kind of hybrid / nickel back whose primary purpose was to keep the defense from getting beaten on an explosive play? The position had a name. Don’t know if Roof stuck with that or not. Also seems like Rodgers, maybe, experimented one year with a three man defensive front but the two ends played just outside the offensive tackles. Their job was to bull rush straight back into the backfield to keep any play from going wide. Linebackers crowded inside the tackles and the defense tried to force things inside. Now I’m just reminiscing but Southern Cal in late 60s, 70s played a five down lineman front with a nose tackle, sometimes switching to a six man front. Their job was to stop any linemen from getting to second level and allow the linebacker or backers (never more than 2) to roam freely from sideline to sideline. I actually remember having a right half back and left half back when I was a child. Then along came Lenny Snow who was a tailback with number 41. So, to repeat my question to everyone, do your understand newer concepts that come along by translating them in your mind to some function that may have been performed by a different position and name in the past? [/QUOTE]
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