Elijah Dotson Makes the Initial 53 (Was Poll)

[ghost]

Take the above run for example. Isaac Weaver pulls from the right guard position, setting up the block Dotson should bounce inside from. Stone Smartt sets up a second-level block, attempting the box the linebacker out and force him outside, keeping both #51 and #50 on his outside shoulder to create inside running room.

Dotson took one step up, saw a clogged interior with little space, and burst to the outside in a single fluid motion, gaining speed through his slight misdirection. Perhaps most impressively, he didn’t attempt to win on raw speed; watch the replay multiple times and you’ll notice Dotson took a perfect outside angle. Rather than bouncing too far outside to avoid the first-level defenders, he took an extremely aggressive angle that kept him just out reach of the lineman and linebackers while following the most direct path to paydirt, giving the secondary very little time to cut off his path to the sideline.

That kind of vision, decisiveness, and confidence is how a player that tested at a 4.53 forty and a relatively average 10-yard split can have significantly faster in-game speed. - BFTB

[wu-dai clan]

What will happen during the regular season, when opponents are more responsible about setting the EDGE ?

Ekeler.
Kelley.
Spiller.
Dotson.

Order of battle.

[Topcat]

Take the above run for example. Isaac Weaver pulls from the right guard position, setting up the block Dotson should bounce inside from. Stone Smartt sets up a second-level block, attempting the box the linebacker out and force him outside, keeping both #51 and #50 on his outside shoulder to create inside running room.

Dotson took one step up, saw a clogged interior with little space, and burst to the outside in a single fluid motion, gaining speed through his slight misdirection. Perhaps most impressively, he didn’t attempt to win on raw speed; watch the replay multiple times and you’ll notice Dotson took a perfect outside angle. Rather than bouncing too far outside to avoid the first-level defenders, he took an extremely aggressive angle that kept him just out reach of the lineman and linebackers while following the most direct path to paydirt, giving the secondary very little time to cut off his path to the sideline.

That kind of vision, decisiveness, and confidence is how a player that tested at a 4.53 forty and a relatively average 10-yard split can have significantly faster in-game speed. - BFTB

^ Our running backs saw a whole lot of that kind of clogged interior last year, and still frequently plunged ahead up the gut for nada...nice to see a RB who has the vision to run to where there's open space...what a novel concept...

[Topcat]

What will happen during the regular season, when opponents are more responsible about setting the EDGE ?

Ekeler.
Kelley.
Spiller.
Dotson.

Order of battle.

That's a good looking RB committee...call it the GANG OF FOUR...

[Topcat]

Elijah Dotson 6 carries for 92 yards, 2TDs.

Receiving Skill-set - Dot has fluid receiving skills, superb hand-eye coordination and catches flares and checkdowns with ease. One more thing, Dot returned one kickoff rep last season: he took it to the house for a TD.

LOVE the little juke he gives the defender at 1:43 to get more yardage...another thing Dot does well is he slows down a bit at times, to throw off the defender and force him to adjust...gaining additional yardage, first down or a TD...he did that on his first TD run last night...I'm liking Dot a lot!

[Caslon]

What will happen during the regular season, when opponents are more responsible about setting the EDGE ?

Additionally, each running play has the O-line and TE’s all working hard practicing a particular blocking scheme. Regularly going off script nullifies that hard work and most likely frustrates coaches, Barry Sanders or no.

[Topcat]

What will happen during the regular season, when opponents are more responsible about setting the EDGE ?

If opposing D's are spread out to the edge, Herbie needs to audible to a run up the middle or a short pass...take what the opposing D gives u...

[Fouts2herbert]

Sooner or later a coach will insist a running back run the planned play, not lean on improvisation. Where will he be then?

Because every play is executed exactly the way it was drawn up? I wonder if Marty went into the locker room at halftime and ripped LT a new one because he was bouncing it outside too much for off schedule TDs? What the fuck are we even talking about?....you'd think that a long time football fan such as yourself would understand that playing RB well is literally predicated on making snap decision in real time to maximize yardage...this type of stuff is probably the biggest reason I don't post as much on here anymore...too many folks more interested in arguments no matter how absurd rather than actually discussing football...

to me it was obvious that the kid has some talent, him doing it twice proved it wasn't a fluke, probably his most impressive run was an inside run for seven yards, it didn't look like there was anything there other than a 2 yard gain...the last 4 yards of that run he gained after spinning off of the first guy that had him dead to rites, so that YAC was also a fluke? a spin move in the hole to gain 4 more yards, when was the last time we've seen anyone outside of ekeler do that type of shit?...sometimes you just need to trust your eyes when you see something...I'm not saying he's the next LT or even the next ekeler, but he showed something and you better believe a lot of people took notice both inside the building and in other buildings around the league...

[NoMoreChillies]

Sooner or later a coach will insist a running back run the planned play, not lean on improvisation. Where will he be then?

scoring more touchdowns

I doubt any Chargers hate him scoring those

[wu-dai clan]

If opposing D's are spread out to the edge, Herbie needs to audible to a run up the middle or a short pass...take what the opposing D gives u...

Defdnses will know Dotson's deficiencies. Elijah mist be adequate at receiving and pass pro. Then he can help us vs 8 man boxes etc.

[Maniaque 6]

If opposing D's are spread out to the edge, Herbie needs to audible to a run up the middle or a short pass...take what the opposing D gives u...

That's it !

[Maniaque 6]

Someone has the stats of %W when Chargers outscore opponents in rushing ?