Originally posted by Barnsie
Originally posted by TtD
Pancakes not something I consider, is more watching the gametape and watching the ROT walk half way across the field sideways with your speed DEs everytime they don't get a sack. Apart from the elite speed DE, who are very few and far between, the majority of other speed DE get a sack every 10 times say, the other 9 plays my HB has just walked 10+yds down the field because your DE has been beaten around like a red headed step child. Think i'll take giving up 2yds a run play for that occassional sack.
True DE combine strength and speed, pure speed guys for the most part just aren't up to scratch and have to be carried by the rest of the D.
I think that may sound good in theory, but that is not what happens. Maybe it should happen to speed/agi DEs, and that would help to balance out the DE position.
As it is now, from my experience and from watching other successful DEs, there isn't much of a downside to the non-STR build.
Unless teams decide to play this one does.
http://goallineblitz.com/game/team.pl?team_id=4754
I think they ran 98% of the time for the season, and not sure if they had a single pass in the playoffs.
Originally posted by TtD
Pancakes not something I consider, is more watching the gametape and watching the ROT walk half way across the field sideways with your speed DEs everytime they don't get a sack. Apart from the elite speed DE, who are very few and far between, the majority of other speed DE get a sack every 10 times say, the other 9 plays my HB has just walked 10+yds down the field because your DE has been beaten around like a red headed step child. Think i'll take giving up 2yds a run play for that occassional sack.
True DE combine strength and speed, pure speed guys for the most part just aren't up to scratch and have to be carried by the rest of the D.
I think that may sound good in theory, but that is not what happens. Maybe it should happen to speed/agi DEs, and that would help to balance out the DE position.
As it is now, from my experience and from watching other successful DEs, there isn't much of a downside to the non-STR build.
Unless teams decide to play this one does.
http://goallineblitz.com/game/team.pl?team_id=4754
I think they ran 98% of the time for the season, and not sure if they had a single pass in the playoffs.
