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Originally Posted by Canofbier
Ehh. Unless I'm mistaken, our defensive scheme doesn't really ask the D-line to push up the field as much as just create a wall that runners can't get through.
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It doesn't ask our D-line to shoot a single gap, but that's not what Williams did there.
The idea that our D-Lineman are supposed to just stand there is a myth and frankly doesn't make sense. Yes, they're supposed to try to win at the point of attack, just not by trying to shoot a gap (like you would a 1-gap system).
Williams attacked Asomoah and simply defeated him. He didn't shoot the gap and break into the backfied - he simply physically overpowered him. Yes, our D-Lineman are supposed to be doing that.
They just don't because they aren't very good.