drone007
January-6th-2006, 10:47 PM
One thing that Mike Sellers seems to have plenty of is confidence. He was surprised in the beginning of the year that he was getting thrown to so often, but was never doubtful of his own skills. Even recently, he has said that he doesn't understand why teams aren't covering him regardless of his impressive TD-to-reception ratio. However, receptions aren't necessarily the first thing you think of when you invision Mike Sellers as Fullback.
He blocks like a massive boulder, being rolled by Clinton Portis, often with the help of Randy Thomas and Chris Cooley. Obviously, this is a brick wall leading for Portis and it has shown its effectiveness (even with ole Ray Brown filling in) in the last couple of weeks.
One of Gibb's talents is finding players that are able to be spread around the offense, the most obvious of which is Chris Cooley at Gibb's heralded H-Back position.
The point of this thread is this: As of now, Sellers appears to be the classic blocking fullback, making his presence felt with cracking hits and blocks on running plays, redzone appearances, and special teams. However, how many of you can see him as transforming into more of an H-Back? With all conditioning being equal, could you imagine Cooley and Sellers in one of Gibb's Single Wideout I-Form sets, where Sellers may have the option of running the ball?
With all of motion and substituting that Gibbs does, I think it would add the perfect amount of uncertainty to a defense to see a few Sellers rushes in a game. This would keep defenses worried about Portis, primarily, then every once in a while, thrown off by a misdirection run to Sellers. Think of the third and short down possibilities. Also, with Betts/Rock/Nemo coming in for Portis autonomously, that constitutes three very capable backs to account for. Sellers has hands as well, so you have the typical WR's on the offense, then you have Portis running, Cooley receiving/blocking, and Sellers receiving/blocking/running.
I'm sorry if this seems obvious or stupid, but I'm just toying with ideas for next season. This offense is often called simplistic, which it is, as far as formations go. you don't see any weird bunch or 5WR sets, but the ingenuity of the playbook comes from the versatility of the players and roles Gibbs has set up. I just see Sellers as a player that hasn't yet being fully utilized. This even shows with the mov from TE to FB this year.
Your thoughts?
HTTR.
He blocks like a massive boulder, being rolled by Clinton Portis, often with the help of Randy Thomas and Chris Cooley. Obviously, this is a brick wall leading for Portis and it has shown its effectiveness (even with ole Ray Brown filling in) in the last couple of weeks.
One of Gibb's talents is finding players that are able to be spread around the offense, the most obvious of which is Chris Cooley at Gibb's heralded H-Back position.
The point of this thread is this: As of now, Sellers appears to be the classic blocking fullback, making his presence felt with cracking hits and blocks on running plays, redzone appearances, and special teams. However, how many of you can see him as transforming into more of an H-Back? With all conditioning being equal, could you imagine Cooley and Sellers in one of Gibb's Single Wideout I-Form sets, where Sellers may have the option of running the ball?
With all of motion and substituting that Gibbs does, I think it would add the perfect amount of uncertainty to a defense to see a few Sellers rushes in a game. This would keep defenses worried about Portis, primarily, then every once in a while, thrown off by a misdirection run to Sellers. Think of the third and short down possibilities. Also, with Betts/Rock/Nemo coming in for Portis autonomously, that constitutes three very capable backs to account for. Sellers has hands as well, so you have the typical WR's on the offense, then you have Portis running, Cooley receiving/blocking, and Sellers receiving/blocking/running.
I'm sorry if this seems obvious or stupid, but I'm just toying with ideas for next season. This offense is often called simplistic, which it is, as far as formations go. you don't see any weird bunch or 5WR sets, but the ingenuity of the playbook comes from the versatility of the players and roles Gibbs has set up. I just see Sellers as a player that hasn't yet being fully utilized. This even shows with the mov from TE to FB this year.
Your thoughts?
HTTR.