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Pro Bowler
I taped the game of the week and I was watching the 58 yard run over and over again, slow motion and what not. What I took away from the study was that Ronnie runs like a more agile, much faster, Jerome Bettis. He's a truck with some serious uncharacteristic agility. The thing that sticks out to me, however, is his vision. Its true that he and Randy planned on dropping that lineman to open up the cutback lane for Ronnie, but he should have been dropped by the converging defenders, both of which he avoided with split second positioning moves and a burst of speed.
This is where Ronnie is different from everyone else. He used those nifty moves and speed to burst through the line and past the linebackers, but having done that to avoid those levels he put himself into the danger of safety Mike Minter. Mike Minter took a good shot at his hips, wrapping him up. But watching this in slow motion, from when Ronnie sped past the linebackers with no outlet but contact, he lowered his shoulders and leaned to the left slightly. The impact of Minter's tackle knocked him to the right, but his body control prepared him and he landed with his legs under him, moving his right leg to the right while in the air after the contact. He also never stopped moving forward. Incredible.
He kicked his leg up (hammy pain?) and started to book it. Now even with the hamstring tightness he could have taken that run to the house, but there was a man named Chris Gamble amidst that pack of charging linebackers who can outrun almost anyone who played in that game. Ronnie used his brains, looking over his shoulder, to locate Chris and realized he couldn't outrun him in a straight line with his current condition, so he anticipated the right time and used his speed and agility to cut to the right faster than any of them could. This move astounded me in slow motion. He cut to the right and immediately opened up an 8 yard distance between he and the chasing defenders. If Chris Gamble hadn't been blessed with that speed and taken the proper angle to cut him off at the sideline (and Chambers wasn't fast enough to catch him with a block, settling for Morgan, which is a testament to Gamble's speed), Ronnie would easily have taken it down the sideline for 6.
The next play, on the kick out pass, where Ronnie picked up another first down immediately after his breakout showcase, he really showed what is so exceptional about him. He didn't run. He bounced, and I'm serious, if you watch it in slow motion, he doesn't take strides. He bounces and makes two defenders miss, but he literally bounces with basketball-like jumpcuts from the right to the left to the right, almost looking ****y while he's doing it.
This kid's strength, burst and agility are all so outstanding that you have to wonder how they're all encompassed in one player.
These highlights show Ronnie Brown dominating defenders reminiscent of those he punked in college, and this is a top NFL defense.
This time I put in studying those two plays made me happier than I've been in a long long time.
I don't care what Cadillac does.
I can't wait to watch Brown's career.
I've never seen such a large back move so fluidly and quickly.
San Francisco made a huge mistake, that's my take.
This is where Ronnie is different from everyone else. He used those nifty moves and speed to burst through the line and past the linebackers, but having done that to avoid those levels he put himself into the danger of safety Mike Minter. Mike Minter took a good shot at his hips, wrapping him up. But watching this in slow motion, from when Ronnie sped past the linebackers with no outlet but contact, he lowered his shoulders and leaned to the left slightly. The impact of Minter's tackle knocked him to the right, but his body control prepared him and he landed with his legs under him, moving his right leg to the right while in the air after the contact. He also never stopped moving forward. Incredible.
He kicked his leg up (hammy pain?) and started to book it. Now even with the hamstring tightness he could have taken that run to the house, but there was a man named Chris Gamble amidst that pack of charging linebackers who can outrun almost anyone who played in that game. Ronnie used his brains, looking over his shoulder, to locate Chris and realized he couldn't outrun him in a straight line with his current condition, so he anticipated the right time and used his speed and agility to cut to the right faster than any of them could. This move astounded me in slow motion. He cut to the right and immediately opened up an 8 yard distance between he and the chasing defenders. If Chris Gamble hadn't been blessed with that speed and taken the proper angle to cut him off at the sideline (and Chambers wasn't fast enough to catch him with a block, settling for Morgan, which is a testament to Gamble's speed), Ronnie would easily have taken it down the sideline for 6.
The next play, on the kick out pass, where Ronnie picked up another first down immediately after his breakout showcase, he really showed what is so exceptional about him. He didn't run. He bounced, and I'm serious, if you watch it in slow motion, he doesn't take strides. He bounces and makes two defenders miss, but he literally bounces with basketball-like jumpcuts from the right to the left to the right, almost looking ****y while he's doing it.
This kid's strength, burst and agility are all so outstanding that you have to wonder how they're all encompassed in one player.
These highlights show Ronnie Brown dominating defenders reminiscent of those he punked in college, and this is a top NFL defense.
This time I put in studying those two plays made me happier than I've been in a long long time.
I don't care what Cadillac does.
I can't wait to watch Brown's career.
I've never seen such a large back move so fluidly and quickly.
San Francisco made a huge mistake, that's my take.
True. Noone seems to be picking on him.
