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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
I heard a thought exercise years ago and it was "What would the value of a guy who guarantees 1 yard, no more and no less, every time you give him the ball.
That's it - he gets one yard and then is done every single time. What value would you put on that guy?
My position was that I'd give a 1st rounder for that guy without blinking and I think last night watching the frustration of KNOWING that the Eagles could get 1 yard anytime they wanted I'm only more convinced.
They can do things on 2nd and 3rd down differently because they know that they'll get that yard if they need it in short yardage situations. I've never seen a team that just spams a concept like that and it ALWAYS works.
G'damn it was frustrating.
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Marcus Allen was the best to ever do it for the Chiefs. I think he was around 98% to convert on anything 3rd-and-2 or shorter. As automatic as it gets in the NFL.