It was a simple drill: the lineman squaring off against an offensive player who wore the number 76.
Toni Kroos was also excellent in his role as a deep-lying offensive player.
Overall, Rice ranks as the second best offensive player of the mid '70s to mid '80s, right behind Hall-of-Famer Mike Schmidt.
For all these reasons and more, it's understandable to wonder why, with two first-round picks in this year's NFL draft, the Jets didn't select an offensive player Thursday.
The latest iteration has Rick Nash their most gifted offensive player stationed in the high slot "to occupy some people there, create more open ice for other guys, " Del Zotto said.
In basketball lore the greatest offensive player was Wilt Chamberlain who averaged an astounding 50.4 points a game one year, but the defensive-minded Boston Celtics won 11 championships in 13 years.
John Dewan, the founder of Baseball Info Solutions, which provides data analysis to major-league clubs, said an offensive player's value peaks at 26 to 27 and remains fairly steady for the next five years.
Given how much the Rangers have struggled to score in this postseason they scored four times in their first game and haven't scored as often in any of their subsequent 15 games the notion that a coach would help his team rally by not playing his top offensive player seems counterintuitive at best.
But the team holds the best record in baseball (along with the Cincinnati Reds), and it features a 19 year old (Bryce Harper) who, according to Tom Boswell of The Washington Post, was the best offensive player in baseball since August 29, leading the league in runs, extra-base hits, and on-base-plus-slugging percentage (1.106) with 10 homers.
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His message about accountability that he'd make an example of anyone who didn't display focus at both ends is badly undercut when he won't temporarily bench someone because he's afraid of what might become of the offense without a certain player's offensive contributions.
The 3-point shot slowly changed team offensive strategy as well as the long player development.
Miami and Arizona offer great weather but lousy offensive lines, a consideration for a player coming back from neck surgery.
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The product offensive could transform the automaker from a niche player to something more on a par with its German rivals.
Jordan did that in college and then in the pros, unusual for a young player coming in with such remarkable offensive skills.
No player was less likely to be an offensive force for the Devils in this postseason than Salvador.
In a story distributed by the Giants, Gifford said Summerall was an underrated player because coach Jim Lee Howell and offensive assistant Vince Lombardi wanted to preserve him for kicking.
For most of his 10-season career, Anthony has been regarded as an offensive dynamo Charles Barkley, the ex-player, TNT analyst and basketball's Simon Cowell, describes Anthony to me as "the best scorer in the NBA" but there was the maddening suspicion that Anthony left potential on the table, that he lacked the crazy-eyed single-mindedness that separated the very good from the great.
That represents the steepest post-up increase of any NBA player who's involved in at least 10 offensive plays a game.
With high school and college post player becoming increasingly less effective, coaches at these levels adjusted their offensive schemes.
But the way McGriff outslugged the average player from 1987 to 2004 makes him one of the 20 best offensive players of the past 30 years.
Reese has always been a "best player available" selector and New York also has needs on an aging offensive line, particularly at right tackle where David Diehl is coming off a sub-par season and center David Baas and guard Chris Snee had offseason surgery.
We have enough midfield and offensive players to cope, and when he does start to play everyone will see what a clever player he is.
The Nets completely wilted under the Heat's pressure, letting guard Mario Chalmers grab an offensive rebound while seated on the court, and throwing one inbounds pass away when there was no Miami player anywhere near to apply pressure.
Missing Messi, the four-time world player of the year who has hampered by a hamstring injury for the past month, Barcelona showed little offensive spark.
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