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'''Bump and run coverage''' is a strategy often used by [[defensive back]]s in [[American football]] in which a defensive player lines up directly in front of a [[wide receiver]] and tries to impede him with arms, hands, or entire body and disrupt his intended route. This originated in the [[American Football League]] in the 1960s, one of whose earliest experts was [[Willie Brown (American football)|Willie Brown]] of the [[Oakland Raiders]]. [[Mel Blount]] of the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] specialized in this coverage to such a point as to cause a rule change (see below) to make it easier for receivers to run their routes and increase scoring.