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Originally Posted by Hydrae
I have also been puzzled by "wear out the defense" comments. Take just the lines which has to be the most tiring in many ways, trying to push around the big bodies in the trenches. The D-line subs guys in pretty often but the O-line stays the same every down. How is this supposed to be any advantage to the offense?
I get it with the skill players in general. Take the comments from Ramsey and Harris earlier this year about trying to keep up with 'Reek. Chasing him around wore them out all game long. Of course DBs are not rotated the way that the D-line usually is and WRs do come out for plays at times which helps to keep them fresher.
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And I've heard DL's say that oftentimes the run plays are their 'plays off' in that they'll just kinda push ahead. With their mass, it's a lot easier for them to just kinda fall forward and hold their ground than it is to try to run upfield and fight around/through a guy. That would seem to be doubly so in a 2-gap scheme where they're just there to occupy linemen.
Yeah, the 'beat 'em down with the run game' thing seems to be a relic to me; something analysts say today because crusty old football coaches said it in 1962 when the forward pass was a novelty. I can't find a sensible factual basis in it. This idea that some 195 lb DB is any more eager to stand up to Kareem Hunt or Saquon Barkley in the 1st quarter than he is in the 4th is just laughable. Sorry guys, but that poor bastard has no interest in hitting that guy at ANY point in the game.