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Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla
His athleticism allowed him to take some bad steps and still get around the block to make the play.
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I don't think he took bad steps there at all.
Neither the OL or the RB had committed and just as an OL can change an angle to set up a block, a LBer can/will often do the same to set up his attack angle. I think he was reading the OL and waiting for the G to commit. The moment he did, Gay was able to bounce around him.
If he comes straight downhill or even simply holds his spot, the G can drive the action to him and now the RB can play off the guard's shoulder with the G having the angle advantage.
I mean maybe he got lucky - but that's also very much what he could've been taught to do or simply did on instinct.
I don't think there's a way to state it categorically either way.