Technique:** "It starts with your feet," Cockrell said. "Your feet put you in the right position within the 5 yards to get hands on. If your feet aren't right then you're going to be reaching and holding and grabbing instead of just impeding progress.

"The approach after 5 yards is look for the ball and go for the ball. We have just as much right as they do to go for that football while it's in the air. So obviously there's going to be a battle for it but we have to look for and attack the football. You try not to get any contact on him, but of course while you turn back for the ball you might bump into him, he might bump into you while he's looking for the football. It's all about looking for the football, going for the football down the field and whatever happens is a football play."

Tact: "I try to get to know (officials), know names, know how they like to call it, what they're looking for. Sometimes, you have to adjust each game. You might have had a crew last week that let you play a certain way. And then this week it's a little bit tighter or a little bit looser. You kind of figure that out early in the game and just try to finesse it from there.