With all this talk of Chekov's Gun, what about the "strong safety"?

There's an interesting thread about whether the wallet was Chekov's Gun or a Deus Ex Machina, and I, for one think it is the former.

But what about that strong safety conversation between Hoyt and Roger? Those weren't just throwaway lines. What was the purpose of that? It doesn't add to the plot - we already think that Roger is cool. So if it's in there, it's gotta have a purpose, right?

A strong safety has gotta be fast - maybe even faster than a wide receiver. Where in the movie did we ever see Hoyt running at full tilt?

Or, is it a metaphor - that Hoyt was the last line of defense against Alonzo making the touchdown by getting away with everything. After all, no one else was going to stop Alonzo. The strong safety is the only one left to do it.

Any thoughts on this?





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