MASH Football Game, First Half, Explained：ease up

I remember him from the pros. They call him "Super Bug." Had one year with the Rams before the army.

Scouting note from the sidelines: the opposing player is a former professional, "the pros," with a year on the Rams, so he is far above everyone else on the field.

We can't do anything with him in there.

Plain assessment: with that player on the field, the camp's team has no answer. It sets up the plan to get him out.

We gotta stick to our strategy. But the first thing you guys have to do is get him out ofthe ball game.

"Stick to" means keep following the plan, but the immediate task is to remove the star opponent — by any means the game allows.

Let's ease up just a little bit. Uh, we don't want the score too lopsided.

"Ease up" is to relax the pressure; here it means don't humiliate the other team. Worrying about a lopsided score is a gambler's logic, not a coach's.

I'm not a goddamn runner. I'm a lineman.

Judson's defence: he is a lineman, built to block, not to run with the ball, so the fumble was never his job to save.

What the hell you think you are, a cannon?

A complaint about a wild, useless kick or snap: the player acted as if he could launch the ball, and it went nowhere.