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The NFL Position of LT

TheNewStandard

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LT has been a top-3 team position since the league's inception. Every college has a starting LT. Every one of them.

i just cant understand how every collegiate team in thw country has a starting LT, knowing it is one of the most important team positions...and there are only 2 or 3 starting-caliber LT available to be drafted into the NFL. I mean, its basically a unicorn.

There are literally more starting franchise QBs in the league than there are LTs.

Wat?!?! That doesnt even compute and is basically unfathomable to me.

Momma's, please let your big-hawnkin, chunky young'ns understand that dedicating and following through with their God-given girth and talents to be OL can make them nearly as much money as can be made in football...Get that thought in their heads and make it stick.

Thank you

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I remember my first beer

Mine was a 5-year old, hot MGD that I swiped from my Pappy's fridge and stashed in my suitcase for the thrill of it.

That beer was hidden in my closet for a good couple years before i finally sprang it open and endured what I thought would probably be the end of my curiosity of what I was sure would have been one of the greatest invented libation of all-time.

yes, I drank the entirety out of pride and guilt for taking one of the only beers that ever graced my Pappy's cold drink fridge.

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Think about it. OL is a facilitator position. You never get to make a real play. Never get to carry the ball, make a sack, get an INT. Your job is literally just to get in the way. If I'm an elite jumbo athlete, I'm not trying to play OL either. I wanna be a DE, rush OLB, TE, DT, whatever. I want to MAKE PLAYS. I don't want to be the guy who just helps someone else be the hero.

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Think about it. OL is a facilitator position. You never get to make a real play. Never get to carry the ball, make a sack, get an INT. Your job is literally just to get in the way. If I'm an elite jumbo athlete, I'm not trying to play OL either. I wanna be a DE, rush OLB, TE, DT, whatever. I want to MAKE PLAYS. I don't want to be the guy who just helps someone else be the hero.

Playing OT takes a ton of coaching, technique, instincts, discipline, grace of movement and filmwork. i mean, I get it...so why not just get a couple guys from Notre Dame, Navy and Stanford and see who shakes out.

Just do it.

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Your argument is every team in college football has a left tackle. Yes, that is true. But how many of them deal with premier pass rushers with elite athleticism and technique? It's a little different blocking 240lb defensive ends with one move. 

 

Also the 3-4 defense is prominent in the NFL and that puts an added layer of stress on the tackle position. 

 

I think too much emphasis is being put on the Left Tackle. It's become a buzz thing, "how many franchise left tackles are there in this class". With changes to rules and offense Right Tackle is very important too, maybe slightly less but only slightly. 

 

Protecting the blindside was all about not having Lawrence Taylor end your QBs career. Now there are rules in place that protect QBs from those viscous hits like the one Greg Hardy hit Carson Palmer with a few years ago. 

 

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