hamburger drill

hamburger drill
 n.— «The fans’ favorites included the “hamburger” drills, or “Oklahomas,” as they were called in some camps. Those maneuvers involved setting up a couple of blocking dummies on the ground, confining the space of action. A center, guard, quarterback and running back would take position on the offensive side of the football with a defensive lineman and linebacker positioned on the other side of the ball. The idea was to see who would prevail when the ball was snapped—the blockers or the defenders. It was bone-rattling and loaded with the prospect of injuries.» —“Mularkey takes the right approach to training camp” by Larry Felser in Pittsford Buffalo News (N.Y.) Aug. 14, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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