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Old Mon May 28, 2012, 09:09pm
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Originally Posted by Camron Rust View Post
How can I tell? The directions the two players go after contact. The passer was deflected 90 degrees towards the sideline. The defender went mostly straight back but also slightly towards the sideline. The only way that happens is if the defender was moving towards the sideline at the time of contact AND into the side of the passer. The passer didn't go through the defender. If the passer had gone through the defender, the defender would have been knocked the opposite direction of the passer....certainly not in the same direction.
I thought I was the only one who used this logic on block/charge situations

It's physics, folks, pure and simple.
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