Actually it was the opposite in the early PS2/Xbox days. Remember when you'd have the corner on a running play and you figured you had a long TD run but then inside the 5-yard line or so some CB who came from way across the field would tackle you? He took the perfect angle to flag you down, like he paused for a sec, calculated the Pythagorean Theory and figured out exactly what yardline he could catch you at if he ran in a straight diagonal line.