[PAR] [TLE] Mel Blount [SEP] Melvin Cornell Blount (born April 10, 1948) is a former Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback, five-time Pro Bowler and a 1989 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee. [PAR] [TLE] Bump and run coverage [SEP] Bump and run coverage is a strategy often used by defensive backs in American football in which a defensive player lines up directly in front of a wide receiver and tries to impede him with arms, hands, or entire body and disrupt his intended route.  This originated in the American Football League in the 1960s, one of whose earliest experts was Willie Brown of the Oakland Raiders.  Mel Blount of the Pittsburgh Steelers specialized in this coverage to such a point as to cause a rule change (see below) to make it easier for receivers to run their routes and increase scoring.
[PAR] [TLE] Mel Blount [ SEP ] Melvin Cornell Blount ( born April 10 , 1948 ) is a former Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback , five - time Pro Bowler and a 1989 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee . [PAR] [TLE] Bump and run coverage [ SEP ] Bump and run coverage is a strategy often used by defensive backs in American football in which a defensive player lines up directly in front of a wide receiver and tries to impede him with arms , hands , or entire body and disrupt his intended route . This originated in the American Football League in the 1960s , one of whose earliest experts was Willie Brown of the Oakland Raiders . Mel Blount of the Pittsburgh Steelers specialized in this coverage to such a point as to cause a rule change ( see below ) to make it easier for receivers to run their routes and increase scoring .
Bump and run coverage is a strategy often used by defensive backs in American football in which a defensive player lines up directly in front of a wide receiver and tries to impede him, which formercornerback, five-time Pro Bowler and a 1989 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee of the Pittsburgh Steelers, specialized in this coverage to such a point as to cause a rule change?
Bump and run coverage is a strategy often used by defensive backs in American football in which a defensive player lines up directly in front of a wide receiver and tries to impede him , which formercornerback , five - time Pro Bowler and a 1989 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee of the Pittsburgh Steelers , specialized in this coverage to such a point as to cause a rule change ?
Melvin Cornell Blount
Melvin Cornell Blount