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Originally Posted by JohnnyHammersticks
One of the things about him that jumps out for me is how he squeezes every last yard out of his touches. Sure his open-field cuts, vision, and quickness are off-the-charts, but for a relatively small guy even while being tackled he's still cutting to the most open area to get an extra yard or two. He's almost always lunging forward while being tackled, you don't see him getting driven backward often, especially for his size. Picking up an extra yard or two to keep a drive alive once or twice a game can add up huge over the course of a season.
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That's the leverage thing Duncan alluded to in action.
You can't get under him. So he's able to keep his feet chopping and that will usually yield an extra yard or two. The other thing that helps is the nimbleness. You look at how he finished some of those runs and it's clear that the defender was trying not to over-commit to the tackle so he ends up absorbing the blow from CEH rather than delivering it. And that's gonna end up with him ceding ground for a step or two and then giving up another few yards at impact.
A guy like Williams, if you have the angle on him, you just attack because he's not gonna shuffle and blow your angle up to leave you grasping at air. But with CEH you just can't do that. You have to stay cautious and if you're reacting rather than acting, you'll end up going backwards a bit.