Tony Richardson’s Last Lap Around the NFL?

Sports Illustrated has a great article on Jets veteran fullback Tony Richardson and how he’s enjoying what might be his last year in the NFL. The article asks how he’s stayed in the league so long – it appears the answer is simple. "You would be surprised," former Chiefs back Priest Holmes says, "how many fullbacks around the NFL don’t like to hit." Richardson likes to hit, or more accurately he acts as if he likes to hit. ("Nobody really likes to hit," he says.) Richardson’s blocking is not much about technique, and it’s not about the shifting of weight, and it’s not about guiding a linebacker away from the play. "Tony lowers his shoulder, cracks you, drives you out there," Johnson says. "After a while linebackers are scared to get in there. And there’s nothing better than running against intimidated linebackers." At 5’11" and 245 pounds Conner plays with this sort of violence—"He took t...