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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="red terror" data-cid="511228" data-time="1440599701"><p>There are laterals, but almost always from the hand of the QB to the RB. It's an option pass or a sweep, and if you watch enough NFL you'll see plenty. The trick-plays, as you say, are things like reverse "flea-flickers," etc., where the ball is tossed between QB, RB and/or a WR who then throws the ball deep. American spectators lose their shit any time a ball is moved between three sets of hands (and I'm not counting the center snap).</p></blockquote>I'm referring to lateral passes that happen when the ball has passed the line of scrimmage, and stipulated passes not made by QBs....
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<span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">always! who else?</span></blockquote>
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<p>Just 'cos it's a small pet-peeve of mine, and because this is the 21st century, the game is "American Football" and never called grid-iron (certainly not in the past 50 years). (Ratpoo or a Herald sub-editor made same mistake today, made me groan.)</p>
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<p>Sometimes, and then only very rarely, will somebody (a commentator, maybe) refer to the <em>surface</em> or <em>playing field</em> as a "grid-iron," but never the game itself.</p>
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<p>No big deal, shurely, and I would say you are correct. But then I get equally irritated when people up here call <em>my code</em> "rugger." For many years people up here actually believed that's what the sport was called, although that has mostly evaporated the past 20 years as the globe has gotten smaller. Certainly few can probably tell the difference between Union and League, yet most here can now uniformly recognise the game as "rugby" and blessedly it seldom-if-ever gets called "rugger" any longer.</p>
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<p>And thankfully, nobody up here as far as I can tell has ever called the game "paddock" or "pitch" or "field" (although a certain expat Sydney Swans supporter up here always calls it "outdoor wrestling.")</p>
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<p>I love that he called it "gridiron!"</p>
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<p>I was chatting with a guy in NZ 10 years ago (has it really been that long... :morning: ) and he called it that...I though it was very cool.</p>
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<p>You know what my pet peeve is? People here in the US trying to "Euro-ize" their soccer teams' names to make them sound more important...they call them "F.C. this $ that" and "blah blah Union" and "whatever United." Total douche move, because no one in the history of organized sports in this country every called a sports team any of those things until we started seeing Euro soccer here in TV. </p>
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<p>Did I mention I'm not really a soccer fan? World Cup soccer got disturbingly trendy here last time around, while the RWC will once again get no attention whatsoever. Meanwhile, there is no question which is better to watch.</p>
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<p>Anyway, don't sleep on the Bills. They've upgraded at coach, rb, wr, ol, from last year's 9-7. If they can somehow go from the bottom to the top 20 in QB play, they will be a 10-11 win team.</p>
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<span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">World Cup soccer got disturbingly trendy here last time around, while the RWC will once again get no attention whatsoever.</span></blockquote>
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<p>It's because of all those fucken hipsters, the ISIS of everyday life*.</p>
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<p>Real Salt Lake is one of my ultimate worst names. Sporting KC as well</p>
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<div>You know what my pet peeve is? People here in the US trying to "Euro-ize" their soccer teams' names to make them sound more important.</div>
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I'll probably get vilified on here for being racist
but the above posts made me think of this blog <br><br>
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2010/06/01/133-the-world-cup/'>http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2010/06/01/133-the-world-cup/</a> -
<p>I watched some of the warm-up game between Tampa Bay and Cincinnati. Now THAT was an average game of football. The commentators were scathing of Tampa's execution, and they were up 14-0 at the time! That tells you something about the dross that the Bengals produced.</p>
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<p>running with blockers would be a hard thing to get used to I reckon, having other players running at you and then watching for yours to run alongside/behind to deal to their defensive lines would be a new learning for your peripherals and spatial awareness.</p>
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<p>running with blockers would be a hard thing to get used to I reckon, having other players running at you and then watching for yours to run alongside/behind to deal to their defensive lines would be a new learning for your peripherals and spatial awareness.</p>
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<p>Not to mention you are wearing a helmet which takes away a decent amount of awareness of things to the side of you I'd imagine</p> -
<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/71624386/league-convert-jarryd-hayne-survives-first-roster-cut-at-the-san-francisco-49ers'>http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/71624386/league-convert-jarryd-hayne-survives-first-roster-cut-at-the-san-francisco-49ers</a></p>
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<p>Survived the first cut. Final cut on the 5th of September.</p>
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<p>Man I hope he makes it.</p>
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<p>Looking at the remaining RBs it seems likely Hayne will make the final 53 man roster, although it is a massive cut coming on Sept 5 when it drops from 75 to 53.</p>
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<p>My guess is the 49ers will have 5 - 6 running backs in the final squad.</p>
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<p><strong>Carlos Hyde</strong> is the lead running back and <strong>Reggie Bush</strong> will be his back up. That means Reggie will arguably see lesser time on kick and punt returns which bodes well for Jarryd. <strong>Bruce Miller </strong>will be the blocking fullback for the side so he's in. <strong>Kendall Hunter</strong> and <strong>Mike Davis </strong>are similar sized players so both are probably fighting for the same spot. My guess is Davis makes the team and Hunter is cut. The other two RBs are <strong>Kendall Gaskins</strong> and fullback <strong>Trey Millard</strong>. Gaskins will be cut but Millard could make the squad as a back up fullback but my guess is he's gone. So <strong>Jarryd Hayne</strong> makes the squad as the 4th ranked RB and main kick and punt returner with Bush and wide receiver Bruce Ellington backing him up there.</p>
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<p>So looking at the RB position for the San Francisco 49ers:</p>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Gee, reading your post Sneak, it makes the position seem underwhelming to me. <strong>I struggle to see how you could enjoy the sport more than the glam</strong>?</span></div>
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<p>This from the man who enjoys watching midgets in pyjamas ride farm animals around a grass track.</p>
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<p>I view American Football as my cricket. Takes forever, they wear helmets and pads, there are a lot of stats and half the team stands around doing nothing for most of the game. But it is enjoyable, I swear! (and fills in the NRL off season quite nicely) :)</p> -
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<p>This from the man who enjoys watching midgets in pyjamas ride farm animals around a grass track.</p>
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<span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I mean in a game how many opportunities would Hayne likely get to run the ball?</span></blockquote>
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<p>More than the 3rd down back but less than the lead and back up RBs (Hyde should get 20-30 carries, Bush 10-12 carries). Playing on special teams means he'll get half a dozen chances but not as many as he would in rugby league (although he played on some awful Parramatta teams where he got zero ball).</p> -
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<p>This from the man who enjoys watching midgets in pyjamas ride farm animals around a grass track.</p>
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<p>I view American Football as my cricket. Takes forever, they wear helmets and pads, there are a lot of stats and half the team stands around doing nothing for most of the game. But it is enjoyable, I swear! (and fills in the NRL off season quite nicely) :)</p>
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<p>Don't get me wrong, I can see why the Audience like it. I like superbowl and watch it sometimes.</p>
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<p>I was referring to the players like Hayne and wonder how much enjoyment they get out of the match in terms of actually playing</p>
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<p>I think if he can make Special Teams and then get the odd RB opportunity, we will see a bit of him. The average number of punts per team, per game last season was around the 5 mark. Some teams last season were above 6. He will get his opportunities if he makes it of course </p>
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<p>Last season the 49ers were ranked 29th (out of 32) for average yards gained per punt return with 6.5 yards. Their longest was 23 yards. Either there's some bad blocking going on there or they had no one that could spot the gap and really take it. Their kickoff return averages were pretty good though compared with the rest of the NFL, they were ranked 9th with an average of 24.5 yards per return.</p>
