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Certain · 12-09-2013, 12:51 AM

Art Shell was 265 pounds. Gene Upshaw was 255. Mike Webster was 255.

Do you think it's a coincidence that the biggest offensive linemen tend to be left tackles? This is the blind side of your line (for a somewhat immobile quarterback, I might add).

There is no way Art Shell is taking J.J. Watt on the edge, or Upshaw is taking Ndamukong Suh or Geno Atkins on the inside. The three modern D-linemen I just named all are substantially bigger, stronger and faster than your three most important pass blockers. That would be a problem.

The opposite of this would happen:

I was wrong about Dick Butkus, though. I thought he was 230. I should have checked.

12-09-2013, 12:51 AM	#41
Certain Mad fucking dangerous. Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 12,066 Battle Record: 40-19 Champed - AOWL Season 3 - Art of Writing League (2x) Rep Power: 85899406	Art Shell was 265 pounds. Gene Upshaw was 255. Mike Webster was 255. Do you think it's a coincidence that the biggest offensive linemen tend to be left tackles? This is the blind side of your line (for a somewhat immobile quarterback, I might add). There is no way Art Shell is taking J.J. Watt on the edge, or Upshaw is taking Ndamukong Suh or Geno Atkins on the inside. The three modern D-linemen I just named all are substantially bigger, stronger and faster than your three most important pass blockers. That would be a problem. The opposite of this would happen: I was wrong about Dick Butkus, though. I thought he was 230. I should have checked. __________________ I'm just swinging swords strictly based on keyboards, unbalanced like elephants and ants on seesaws. Last edited by Certain; 12-09-2013 at 12:53 AM.