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Bucky Brooks Article on Leonard Fournette

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Quote:I don't care whom we draft, we have to improve our blocking.  Barry Sanders is about the only guy I remember who could gain yards without getting any decent blocking. 
 

 

Barry was actually stuffed behind the line of scrimmage more than other elite RBs, and was routinely taken out near the goal line or in short-yardage situations. It's just teams had to always key on him while stacking up against him because the one time you let him get free... ouch. One missed tackle by a run blitzer could be very costly.


 

I remember one game vs the Lions back when the 49ers were far and beyond the most dominant team in the league. The Lions were stuffed pretty far back... I'm thinking inside the 10, but I can't recall exactly... when Barry finds a crease, and the next thing you know he's gone for like a 90-yard TD.


 

I loved watching Barry in slo-mo in the open field just abusing linebackers, but he still needed at least some initial blocking. Often he found himself tackled as soon as he touched the ball before he could even take a step.


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Bucky Brooks Article on Leonard Fournette - by Jags02 - 04-05-2017, 03:30 PM



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