"At a certain point in time you learn what your back needs".
The algorithms devised by Dr Rus are able to work out, based on past experience, how strong the message to turn back needs to be.Minor transgressions lead to quiet sonic alerts or mild tingles; major ones to shouts or shocks.
The defensive back needs to be disciplined, Brown said, in continuing to focus his eyes on the receiver, without being distracted by what he does not see -- the quarterback scrambling, perhaps, the explosion from the crowd.
When Tiki Barber, the versatile Giants running back, needs to escape the chaos of Super Bowl week, he can stay with his twin, Ronde, a cornerback with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
But if we have a play where a running back needs to come out of the backfield and make a linebacker miss and run an out-route, he's not going to do it.
The prospect of having two trusted rushers is sure to raise the long-standing debate in football over whether a running back needs consistent carries to find a groove, or whether a team gains a bigger advantage by routinely bringing in a fresher runner from the sideline.
