...our safeties do the same. It's nice to have a reputation for being a hard hitter but in the end it's more important to just be in position to get a hand in and knock the pass away. In the little time that Harvey Jackson played vs Nevada he had a couple of plays on the ball that broke up passes because he stayed in tight coverage instead of sitting back and loading up for a kill shot (and letting the WR make the catch).

People "oooh" and "ahhh" and are impressed by the kill shot but you give up a lot at times to get that little bit of excitement. Fundamentals aren't glamorous or exciting but they sometimes make all the difference. When extremely well executed at a higher level with assignment sound practices they can even transend glamour like, for example, Jimmer's killer crossover move. The crossover dribble is a very basic fundamental dribble technique that has been taught to beginners for generations, well before dribbling between the legs became popular. Jimmer has elevated that basic fundamental move into an absolute killer one like this one of Jimmer crossing DRose and Stephan Curry:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzQyM8DMwWs

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADngqJ0V1Ro