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Raiders OC wants Ashton Jeanty to ditch 'Michael Myers' stance

When Ashton Jeanty makes his NFL debut for the Las Vegas Raiders this season he might also be debuting a new pre-snap stance in the backfield.

Since high school, Jeanty has stood straight up with his hands to his side in the backfield before the snap, a stance that some have compared to Michael Myers, the infamous killer from the "Halloween" horror movies.

It certainly hasn't hampered him on the field -- he's coming off a Heisman Trophy runner-up season for Boise State in which he rushed for 2,601 yards -- the second most in a season in FBS history, trailing only Barry Sanders, who rushed for 2,628 yards for Oklahoma State in 1988.