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[Quesadilla Joe]

Originally Posted by Amnorix

Ok. I can't argue to unsupported claims of what "most experts" will tell you.

What I've read and seen suggests that WRs are the slowest non-QB developers. The need to understand route adjustments and be on the same page as the QB etc. and be in the right place at the right time -- it's almost impossible to get it right right away.

Most early successful DL have an easy job -- go kill the QB any way you can. Hence the Suggs and Freeneys having decent success even as rookies. There's no "just run up and out every time" for a WR.

Defensive lineman normally don't have good technique coming out of college. They aren't as strong as the offensive lineman they are going against. And they are routinely outsmarted by offensive lineman. Speed rushers with a great first step can come in and get a bunch of sacks, but normally defensive lineman struggle a lot their first year.