Tank McNamara by Bill Hinds for March 16, 2023

Reminds me of the William “Refrigerator” Perry experiment by the Chicago Bears back in the ’80s. Perry, nominally weighing around 335 lbs. in this period, was a defensive tackle that was occasionally used as a fullback to barrel through the opposing teams D-line in short yardage situations. Worked a few times, but it developed that in a game where fractions of a second can make all the difference in a play being successful, Perry was way too slow to be an effective running back. Perry proved much more effective as a defensive tackle, playing for the Chicago Bears for nine seasons.