This was from this past year: http://insidethepylon.com/football-101/glossary-football-101/2016/01/04/itp-glossary-split-zone/ There is a good video of this play. This is an example of what can happen with this back and if the line does it's job. In the video, Jordan Cameron barely got enough of Jadaveon Clowney, as he could have potentially made the play if Lamar had hesitated at all.
I don't think Jordan even makes contact with him. I sat down and looked at it that week and it doesn't seem like it. Pretty pathetic. This is a play I've seen Adam Gase use before though, it's a Lamar Miller bread and butter and if he's resigned I would tend to hope that makes a reappearance.
For some reason I think Miller would be even better with Gase, but Gase has no say in players apparently.
Yeah. When I looked back at it, it was really a poor attempt at blocking the backside end. With a lesser back, Clowney makes that play. That just shows you that Lamar has an ELITE burst. Miami has to resign this guy, IMO.
The Superback? Good Player just wonder where he fit in at the pro level? Cross block by the TE? Dion Sims is better block but is he athletic enough to make that block?
He's done it pretty well, and it was pretty frequent in 2014. I'm not sure if Sims is a good enough blocker otherwise to really give him a solid hold on the #2 position.
As a blocker, Sims is really pretty good at it. Damn fine at it. The bad part is he's not really a threat in the passing game. And I don't think it's necessarily because of Dion, himself.
Those yelling at Cameron for the poor block may not realize that he just has to prevent Clowney from collapsing hard down the line so he can effectively just block a spot and force Clowney to go wide around him or jump over him and it's mission accomplished
To me, Dion Sims is the perfect number 2 tight end. He's a real good blocker and he'll be able to make a few plays here and there in the passing game.