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Don't Think. Just Play.

By Andy Kamenetzky and Brian Kamenetzky

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

OFFENSE Position: Running Back Brainteaser: The Blitz Pickup When your job is to collide with a linebacker who weighs 50 pounds more than you do and who is running at full speed, it helps to distract yourself from the one thing sure to get your quarterback clocked: fear. So in the moments before New England's Corey Dillon picks up a blitz, two parts of his brain go into action: the prefrontal cortex (1), where the sense of safety is generated, and the cerebrum (5), the tactical war room. Throu ...

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