Danno

Help me out guys... I know we all hate Irvin and we should, but he had a show on NFL network that was fascinating.

He was going over route running with some college WR's. It wasn't simply route tree, thats just cartoon drawings on paper.

This was much more technique related. How to lean properly before planting your foot and cutting, which foot to plant where, what hip position to use for maximum cut, which hand and body positions to use when disengaging CB's, how to read the CB's hip angle to best release from him.

It opened my eyes as to how much WR's have to learn just on one "simple" route.

Did anyone else see that segment?

They also talked about how Charles Woodson knew which route a WR was going to run simply by where and how they lined up, or how far apart their feet where, which foot they had in front, which way their head was tilted, how they held their fists...was it closed fist or open hand. All because he studied the movements of every player he faced over and over and over again.

It was amazing.