Quote:didnt know how else to describe running like a rb tbh

 

In my opinion, quickness, vision and patience are more critical for a Running Back to possess than straight line speed. Speed helps you once you are through the hole, but the other three attributes will help you find and attack it. Running backs are rarely going full speed at the beginning of the play since they need to allow for the blocking plan to develop. They have to synch themselves up with what the rest of the Offense is doing.

 

Wide Receivers on the other hand will usually start out a play at a sprint and then throttle down in their route when a change of direction is needed.

 

When a QB runs with the ball, typically speaking he is exploiting a read and running away from a Defender or he is scrambling away from pressure. When he goes to run, he almost always needs to be at top speed when he does.

 

Maybe this is the delineation for which you are looking.

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