View topic - Interesting take on Marvel's blocking

[thesteelhammer Profile]

Found this interesting abot our former LT

http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/The+Way+We+Hear+It/Whispers/2009/wrapup041209.htm

Our Niners sources have been intrigued by free-agent addition Marvel Smith’s unusual blocking stance, which makes it look like he’s praying because of the way he holds up his hands in front of his face. “I changed my stance three or four times throughout my career, and I’ve pretty much been using that stance for the last five or six years,” the former Steeler said at his first press conference with the local media. “… It’s perfect for me because I just got to keep my hand up in front of my face and stuff like that because, to me, pass blocking is just like boxing. I’ve done a lot of boxing training in the offseason, and it started correlating with it. I feel like I’m a lot more explosive out of it.”

[stillgrill Profile]

Maybe Smith was in that stance because he was praying his back would hold up.