Receiver footwork works everywhere

Myles Garrett doing this at his size is WILD! That's not just anybody he's doing this too either. That's Trent Williams with George Kittle trying to come in and chip. The ability to drop weight, plant, redirect, and explode out is the same movement signature you see from top-tier receivers — which is why I’ve said he would be a problem with the ball in his hands if he could catch. Tight End/H-Back. His YAC would would be record breaking.

The footwork in this clip is pure receiver DNA. He’s putting his foot in the ground like a wideout running a crossover, not a defensive end. And that’s the funny thing: receiver techniques apply in far more places on the field than people think. The mechanics don’t change — leverage, angles, timing, and foot placement all translate.

In this rep, what he’s doing mirrors two specific receiver scenarios:

1. Beating a reroute at the line

2. Crossing a defender’s face with timing and violence

That’s why the past couple of years, when I started training defensive ends — specifically on pass-rush footwork, angles, and get-off — everything clicked. I realized, this is basically receiver work. Same movement. Same leverage patterns. Same principles. Just different outcomes.

And this is why I love athletes growing up playing multiple positions. The more movement vocabularies they develop, the more complete and instinctive they become. You get a more intelligent athlete — one who sees the field instead of just seeing their assignment.

Position versatility = movement versatility = football IQ.

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CONCLUSION:

Whether it’s a DE bending the edge or a WR crossing a corner’s face, elite footwork is elite footwork. If you understand movement, you understand football — not just one position.

That’s why CHT trains athletes as movers first, specialists second.