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Originally posted by boomer82
While I agree with you that speed should be more important in the pass rush, your argument is p silly.

OLBs & DEs naturally have an advantage when pass rushing because they either:

a) are on the edge of the offensive line so they have one player to contend with (possibly 2 if the back/TE chips or assists)
b) specifically with LBs, when blitzing, the DL ties up as many OL as possible, giving the LB a clear gap(s) to shoot through

DTs are in the middle of the OL, so they have at least two blockers to contend with most of the time, and with natural blocking progression moving from the inside out they are MUCH more likely to be picked up by a free blocker.

DTs are also naturally lined up in the QB's line of vision so it's much easier for a QB to avoid a DT he sees coming (or release the ball earlier) than it is to see a DE that is rounding the corner, especially on the QBs blind side.


If DT's were truly better pass rushers than DE's they would put bigger stronger players on the edge to rush. They don't, pro and college teams do the opposite and routinely remove a DL or two replacing them with LB's who are again faster.

Woodley, Harrison, Ware, and Dumervil are all primary rushers on throwing downs.

The simple truth is that advantages to speed, leverage and balance are easier for an edge rusher to obtain than an interior rusher. The interior pass rush is just less effective because it typically involves gaining a center of gravity and leverage advantage which are simply harder to gain.

Now try again.
 
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