1.   All last week, Martin had been hearing from Parcells and Carthon, who learned plenty under Parcells while serving as a blocking back with the Giants.

2.   Byrd has primarily been a blocking back this season, but the Trojans seek the power runner they have missed since Malaefou MacKenzie got injured.

3.   Christian is a throwback, to the day of the single-wing, when the quarterback was the blocking back.

4.   Daryl Johnston, the most celebrated blocking back on the planet, is serenaded with moose calls anytime he touches the football.

5.   Fassel also reached into the anonymous world of the blocking back and found fullback Charles Way.

6.   Gash is a human battering ram, a blocking back if ever there was one.

7.   Hill is built like a blocking back.

8.   Junior Charlie Landrigan is the blocking back and will occasionally catch a pass out of the backfield.

9.   The Saints went on to feature the halfback over the years, and Neal became a blocking back.

10.   Tim Lester is strictly a blocking back in front of Bettis.