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I found this interesting.

McDaniel wants fluidity in his personnel groupings so that defensive coordinators have to do mental gymnastics to put in the right defenders to shut down his attack.
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Breaking down Miami Dolphins HC Mike McDanielâs use of fullbacks

In this week's PFN Roundtable, our analysts discuss how Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel could implement the fullback position in Year 1.
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I think its a big advantage anytime you can do something well that most of the league isn't doing. While it's not as if two back sets are extinct or anything, but most teams are just using a backup TE when they do that (or sometimes are using D lineman or o linemen), and they are about as effective as you'd expect, being a big body that gets in the way more than anything else and not really guys out there attacking the edge and setting the stage like a RB lives for.
 
Bumpus said:
Well, while I wouldn’t quite call this a return to the slobberknocker days …

I wouldn’t mind a little more power football in our attack. ;)
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I've found in the last 20 years this team has been its most enjoyable when its actually had an effective power run game. (yes, I do understand that we will actually have a zone rushing scheme)
 
I have wondered how often we will use the FB. We do have a lot of other weapons.
 
Sirspud said:
I think its a big advantage anytime you can do something well that most of the league isn't doing. While it's not as if two back sets are extinct or anything, but most teams are just using a backup TE when they do that (or sometimes are using D lineman or o linemen), and they are about as effective as you'd expect, being a big body that gets in the way more than anything else and not really guys out there attacking the edge and setting the stage like a RB lives for.
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It really is if you know what you're doing... Most of the time, the other teams do things a certain way for a reason, but sometimes, you can find a niche that can really exploit the field.

Back in the days, hold em players would always buy in for 100BBs and play poker on flops, turns and river because thats how it had always been done... Then some "clowns" decided it'd be a good idea to buy in for the minimum(20BBs in those days) and simply go all in pre-flop when they got great hands. They had a substantial advantage over other players in that all they had to do was memorize a push chart for that stack size, basically taking every other players at the table skill advantage away. Short stackers werent clowns, they just found a way to beat the field, and infuriate them in the process. As a full stack, you 98s on the button was a tough open on the button if you had a short stack in the blinds, no ****ing way your calling the all-in with this hand... 8 players out of a full table had to change their whole pre-flop opening ranges because of 1 single player.

Not saying McDaniel will have that sort of effect, in fact, the odds are he's going to fail... But the reason you go for these kind of hires isnt for the odds, its simply for the slight chance you do get the game changing upside.
 
NBP81 said:
It really is if you know what you're doing... Most of the time, the other teams do things a certain way for a reason, but sometimes, you can find a niche that can really exploit the field.

Back in the days, hold em players would always buy in for 100BBs and play poker on flops, turns and river because thats how it had always been done... Then some "clowns" decided it'd be a good idea to buy in for the minimum(20BBs in those days) and simply go all in pre-flop when they got great hands. They had a substantial advantage over other players in that all they had to do was memorize a push chart for that stack size, basically taking every other players at the table skill advantage away. Short stackers werent clowns, they just found a way to beat the field, and infuriate them in the process. As a full stack, you 98s on the button was a tough open on the button if you had a short stack in the blinds, no ****ing way your calling the all-in with this hand... 8 players out of a full table had to change their whole pre-flop opening ranges because of 1 single player.

Not saying McDaniel will have that sort of effect, in fact, the odds are he's going to fail... But the reason you go for these kind of hires isnt for the odds, its simply for the slight chance you do get the game changing upside.
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Go big or go home, eh?
 
NBP81 said:
It really is if you know what you're doing... Most of the time, the other teams do things a certain way for a reason, but sometimes, you can find a niche that can really exploit the field.

Back in the days, hold em players would always buy in for 100BBs and play poker on flops, turns and river because thats how it had always been done... Then some "clowns" decided it'd be a good idea to buy in for the minimum(20BBs in those days) and simply go all in pre-flop when they got great hands. They had a substantial advantage over other players in that all they had to do was memorize a push chart for that stack size, basically taking every other players at the table skill advantage away. Short stackers werent clowns, they just found a way to beat the field, and infuriate them in the process. As a full stack, you 98s on the button was a tough open on the button if you had a short stack in the blinds, no ****ing way your calling the all-in with this hand... 8 players out of a full table had to change their whole pre-flop opening ranges because of 1 single player.

Not saying McDaniel will have that sort of effect, in fact, the odds are he's going to fail... But the reason you go for these kind of hires isnt for the odds, its simply for the slight chance you do get the game changing upside.
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Are we talking football or poker? - LOL
 
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