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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
That's why they hammer 'fast feet' into as soon as you start playing football.
Biiiiiig long stride to try to gain a corner and suddenly Walker can't even begin to change direction and McKinnon just uses his momentum against him to take him completely out of the play.
Fast feet, small strides, explosive movements. Long-strides will get you beat regardless of the position you play. You may get lucky with some euro-step bullshit every now and again, but you need to stay compact and powerful in this sport.
Walker very clearly didn't.
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The only potential outlier I'd call out is Nick Bosa and the only reason I even bring him up is because I was watching him closely the other week and he seems to have mastered this long stride, lower center of gravity run.
And I call it a run and not a pass rush burst because I watched him chase a ball carrier down field from behind and he kept the same running style. Its like the repetitiveness of his pass rush reps has changed his permanent running style. It was kind of funny watching him run down the field like he was pass rushing.