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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
But that's the primary role of a TED backer.
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Only if you also believe that the primary role of the LT is to stonewall a pass-rushing end and pancake him.
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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
Lawrence Timmons and Bart Scott, just to name two.
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Oh c'mon, I watched Scott get swallowed up several times against the Steelers, Mendenhall had his way with them in that game. And for a guy that's so adept at hurling blockers out of the way, he still only registered 81 tackles.
And Timmons plays in a completely different style of defense than Belcher. In fact, he plays a position far more in line with what DJ is asked to do. He is rarely ever asked to take on guards, so I have a hard time believing you can affirmatively state that he's significantly better at it than Belcher.
Oh, and he kinda has one of the best NTs in football parked in front of him.
To me this just screams of the grass being greener. Bart Scott is not a guard-mauling destroyer of worlds. He gets washed out by interior lineman the same as Lewis did and the same as Belcher did. Sometimes he'll beat them through speed or balance, but then again, sometimes Belcher does the same. The problem is that Belcher rarely gets any help from his interior line so it appears more common that he can't get off his man than it does for a guy like Scott or Timmons.