They had a debate going that I found interesting so I'll put it out there; What's more important to a football team, the offensive line or the defensive line?
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They had a debate going that I found interesting so I'll put it out there; What's more important to a football team, the offensive line or the defensive line?
Which is my source for proving the opposite. As dominating as our DL was, it wasn't enough. No championship, no championship game....conference or otherwise. We just couldn't make up for the deficiencies on the OL.DL. Source: 2011-2013
Outside of Clowney and maybe a year with Devin Taylor, remind me of the all the future NFLer's? I'm not suggesting you are wrong. I remember a lot of decent players on the DL but don't remember many NFLer's.I always felt the lynchpin of our three straight 11 win years was our DL. That DL was loaded with future NFLers
I know you weren't addressing the question to me. But there was Melvin Ingram, Travian Robertson, and Cliff Matthews to name a few.Outside of Clowney and maybe a year with Devin Taylor, remind me of the all the future NFLer's? I'm not suggesting you are wrong. I remember a lot of decent players on the DL but don't remember many NFLer's.
4 seasons at one particular school is a poor sample size!!! In general across the sports spectrum, the oline has proven a little more critical... But it's very close and very debatableDL. Source: 2011-2013
D-Line...If the other team can't score, you'll be in every gameThey had a debate going that I found interesting so I'll put it out there; What's more important to a football team, the offensive line or the defensive line?
And then there was the 1996 Fiesta Bowl, where a Nebraska OL completely dominated what was up until that point a very good Florida defense...with a good DL.You can have zero production from your offensive line and a great defense can keep you in games. However, the same can't be said about the defensive line. If you can't stop your opponent from scoring, you're not going to win many ball games. Look at Steve Tanneyhill's senior season. Granted, our o-line wasn't that great but offensively we scored a ton of points. On the flip side, we had a bad d-line that couldn't stop a parked car and we only won 4 games that year.
Nebraska was a juggernaut that year and they actually made UF's D-Line look bad. That had to be one of the most physically dominating performances I've ever witnessed.And then there was the 1996 Fiesta Bowl, where a Nebraska OL completely dominated what was up until that point a very good Florida defense...with a good DL.
They had a debate going that I found interesting so I'll put it out there; What's more important to a football team, the offensive line or the defensive line?
I don't think that was the intent. To be a really good team you have to be good on both lines of scrimmage.I tend to go with D-line. But I'm awfully uncomfortable with the implication that mediocre O-line play is excused when the D-line is great.