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re: I think the D-line is not as bad as everyone on here thinks
Posted on 5/3/24 at 4:04 pm to lostinbr
Posted on 5/3/24 at 4:04 pm to lostinbr
DL in today’s NFL are completely different than most college DL.
There just aren’t enough athletic 300lb guys in the whole country to go around. Most successful college defensive linemen are required to do one thing and that’s stopping the run. You can find a bunch of guys on NFL squads or practice squads that can do that adequately but that won’t get you a starting role in today’s NFL.
Being athletic enough to rush the QB sets NFL prospects apart from college DL men. 2019 is proof of that. Tyler Shelvin and Siaki Ika would’ve made amazing nose guards in the 90s or early 2000s but those days are just gone.
There just aren’t enough athletic 300lb guys in the whole country to go around. Most successful college defensive linemen are required to do one thing and that’s stopping the run. You can find a bunch of guys on NFL squads or practice squads that can do that adequately but that won’t get you a starting role in today’s NFL.
Being athletic enough to rush the QB sets NFL prospects apart from college DL men. 2019 is proof of that. Tyler Shelvin and Siaki Ika would’ve made amazing nose guards in the 90s or early 2000s but those days are just gone.
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