As fullbacks, we're coached to make our reads like we're the runner, so we make our cuts where we see the hole forming. We just don't have the ball. |
I don't hear our quarterback complaining. |
It's all starts with footwork. Both backs taking angles, the linemen taking angles and getting defensive linemen and linebackers to flow. Even we don't know where the ball may end up at. It may go front side, it may come all the way back. |
The only time I worry about him is when he takes a big hit. When he breaks off a 70-yard run, I don't worry about it much. |
There's no smack-and-stop because he might be making something happen back there. |
We ain't very big, but we're consistent in what we're trying to do, and we'll stay at it, ... If we get a 2-yard gain on a run, that's a plus for us, we're happy. Other teams, they get a 2-yard gain, they're hanging their heads. We're thinking, 'Hey, second-and-8, we can go on, we still have the ball.' |
We're pretty stubborn that way. |
When it comes to blocking for Mike Vick, you have to stay on your blocks a lot longer, |
When the ball is snapped, you see it all develop with the guys up front. A lot of teams complain about our linemen cutting, but our guys get the defense on the ground, and that gives our tailback a chance to see where the hole might be. |