FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — There is nothing subtle about the way Chris Ivory runs — except the way he runs. Every time he blasts through tackles and razes defenders, Ivory preserves a secret of sorts, a feat that borders on illusion: how his least obvious asset is also his most valuable.
“His feet, man, they’re so quick,” running back Zac Stacy said. “It’s, like, scientifically impossible.”
This very topic, Stacy said, is discussed from time to time among the Jets’ running backs, who wonder how a man as compact and powerful and densely muscular as the 6-foot, 226-pound Ivory doubles as a bulldozing ballet dancer.