re: "No fullbacks" according to O - Why?

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Vernacular - Fullback, Halfback, Tailback are now used interchangeably.

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Not even close man

Just think Philip Lutzenkirchen but with the added dimension of running the ball occasionally.

If you were too young to see him play then you really have no reason to be griping about the FB position.

If you do remember him... you know exactly what I'm talking about. Dude could crush some blocks, and was a TD receiving machine.

I will point out too that last year when we began running between the tackles out of single back sets it worked pretty damn good.

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I still don't get why we didn't just run it when we had Jefferson and Jennings.

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I wanted to throw up almost every time I saw JJ run the option.

QB can't run away from LoS, just gilflirts everything. JJ would damn near everytime. If he pitched, RB was screwed because he's slowing down to stay behind him since he was drifting back.

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H-back: "The H-back often has to be versatile; as a backfield member, they can be lined up to act as a lead blocker on running plays. However, the H-back also fills the roles of a traditional tight end, catching passes over the middle and pass blocking when needed."

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An H-Back is just a glorified fullback that does a lot more than "Old School" fullbacks did.

Of course, all the little drama queens on here that have never played even a little HS football, hype out over a "No Fullback" comment because they have no clue about football.

An H-Back is just a "Fancy" fullback that will be utilized much more under Canada.

It really depends on what you mean by a fullback.

Back in the day there were fullbacks that were leading rushers:

Jim Brown, Jim Taylor, Franco Harris, Larry Csonka, among others

These guys ran the ball just as much as the TB or HB. They were mostly power runners, but some had speed as well (Jim Brown).

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Fullback, Halfback, Tailback

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No, man... Just... No.

Didn't Jacob Hester make his biggest impact running out of the fullback slot?

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I still don't get why we didn't just run it when we had Jefferson and Jennings

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The game is trending away from the power set and spreading the field forcing defenses to defend every square yard from sideline to sideline

My thoughts are teams can recruit the smaller athletic players that the top schools overlook due to size and utilize the smaller athletic players to their advantage. Some of these top schools have seen how effective these offenses are and how hard they are to defend and adjusting their offensive attacks.

Look at Alabama and the teams that have beaten them are considered wide open offenses spreading the field and not power I type teams.

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i get that the
I-form was overused under Miles

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I never understood the obsession with dogging on the use of the I-formation. I just hated how predictable the offense was.

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Mouton made great strides in 2016.

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Work with a cousin of Mouton. He says the last time he talked to him he said they are using him in the TE position in some of the formations now (He played some TE at Acadiana and actually has pretty good hands). Not sure if he meant lined up as a true TE or more like an H back. I think we shall see a much different usage of the backs with quite a bit more formation shifting than we have (purely speculation on my part, no sauces).

I wouldn't get too caught up in the nomenclature, different Coordinators and head coaches have different names for certain positions because of how they expect to utilize that position.