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03-03-2013 09:26 AM #1Senior Member
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Rocket toss dissected
For those tired of taking sides and bashing away each other, here's some cerebral film study of one of our best known and best utilized plays and it's counters. It really shows why and how it's so devastating if executed properly. What caught my eye was the devil is in the details. An OL taking a bad or good track can make all the difference between a huge gain and a play blown up in the backfield. It's not just OL, but every single player on O.
As CPJ likes to say "Always remember the little things make the big things happen." (I got that from his twitter account!
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Adapting the Rocket Toss Sweep to Spread and Pro-style Offenses | Smart Football"A compass, I learnt when I was surveying, it'll... it'll point you True North from where you're standing, but it's got no advice about the swamps and deserts and chasms that you'll encounter along the way. If in pursuit of your destination, you plunge ahead, heedless of obstacles, and achieve nothing more than to sink in a swamp... What's the use of knowing True North?"
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03-03-2013 09:33 AM #2Senior Member
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Probably my favorite play of all time - to run as a RB, to defend as an OLB and to run in video games.
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03-03-2013 09:36 AM #3Senior Member
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Did you actually read the arcticle?
Originally Posted by HelluvaMGTmjr
Maybe if you boned up on the nuts and bolts, you could hang with Stylee in a debate.
"A compass, I learnt when I was surveying, it'll... it'll point you True North from where you're standing, but it's got no advice about the swamps and deserts and chasms that you'll encounter along the way. If in pursuit of your destination, you plunge ahead, heedless of obstacles, and achieve nothing more than to sink in a swamp... What's the use of knowing True North?"
-Edwin Stanton
Sec. War under Lincoln
"Using the term "bub" shows just what a jerk you are."
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03-03-2013 09:41 AM #4Senior Member
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Yup. Originally Posted by dressedcheeseside
Did you actually read the arcticle?
Maybe if you boned up on the nuts and bolts, you could hang with Stylee in a debate.
Nuts and bolts have nothing to do with disliking a style of play.
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Once again my head hurts in trying to follow how much the game has changed or evolved and while none of 'em are worth it, it also helps explain why football coaches today aren't your dad's football coaches anymore. I am still trying to work through it, but a question: GT always seems to work best to the right. It is because of the back, Smith, the right side of the O line being better than the left, or because maybe GT is just a righthanded team? Or am I missing more success than I recall to the left?
Thanks for posting the link. I think.
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03-03-2013 10:24 AM #6Senior Member
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Yeah it's probably my favorite play as well. I also use it (well not the flexbone version) in video games - gotta find space outside!
DCS: "I'll give Helluva the nod on this one."
11 out of 12. When will this stop?
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03-03-2013 11:15 AM #7Senior Member
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REPOST: Analysis of the Rocket Toss
Automatic 30 day ban. Sorry, a little sophomoric humor from TOS...
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LOL. Originally Posted by AllGT
"A compass, I learnt when I was surveying, it'll... it'll point you True North from where you're standing, but it's got no advice about the swamps and deserts and chasms that you'll encounter along the way. If in pursuit of your destination, you plunge ahead, heedless of obstacles, and achieve nothing more than to sink in a swamp... What's the use of knowing True North?"
-Edwin Stanton
Sec. War under Lincoln
"Using the term "bub" shows just what a jerk you are."
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03-03-2013 03:58 PM #9Senior Member
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Haha. Originally Posted by AllGT
DCS: "I'll give Helluva the nod on this one."
11 out of 12. When will this stop?
Bobby Godd never, not once, ever blamed his boys for a loss. It was always on his shoulders, and his shoulders alone. That is greatness. This is not. --YukonWreck
Today's society is not a Flexbone society. --HelluvaMgtMajor
GT uniform critic.
Certainly this is a board and everyone is entitled to their opinion. It is just that mine is right and yours is wrong. --91Wreck
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03-03-2013 05:10 PM #10Senior Member
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DCS - thanks for posting / reposting / whatever. The best part of the site for me is when I can learn something about the "philosophy" behind how the O or D works. Like when Boomer or Stylee hold class.
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