O-line or D-line (1 Viewer)

[GregR_2]

I was thinking about this while watching the Bears-Pats. I'm not really sure which I would go with. I'm leaning towards the defensive line, thinking it is tougher to put together that good of a D-line than it is a competent O-line. And when you can depend on your D line to generate pressure on their own, defending everything else on D gets so much easier.

 

[Colin Dowling]

O-line, without question. There are a number of teams with good OL and bad DL that still win regularly.

 

[my man otis]

Very good OL over DL.

You can scheme a D, but you can't overcome weak OL play. It's very tough.

With a good OL you can run the ball well, eat the clock, and lessen the burden on a bad DL.

A bad OL would lead to less TOP, meaning that great DL would still get tired at the end of games.

Just my 2 cents.

 

[Kleck]

O-Line.

Believe it or don't, but the Seattle offensive line made their defensive line better. They were able to let the defense rest so much every game it was just silly. Seattle last year set some sort of record for most 80+ yard drives, and it wasn't from long plays. Last year the Seahawks led the NFL in sacks, and they did it without any star passrushers.

 

[GregR_2]

Are you guys taking into account you're going to be continually upgrading your team over the next few years too? I mean, you aren't spending 10 years with this D-line and this O-line. THis is what you're starting out with, and you can try to upgrade other spots, with reasonable likelihood of success.

Though the Texans haven't managed to do it, teams seem to be able to turn their O-line around in just a few years. But seldom do you see a team put together that kind of D-line, IMHO. Getting the pass rush ends is a #####, not to mention getting DTs who are difference makers.

 

[BGP]

Well, either way you go, you still need more parts to build a championship team. Not knowing anything else, I'll go OL because offense sells tickets.

 

[BGP]

teams seem to be able to turn their O-line around in just a few years.

I dunno. The Browns' OL has been trash for 20 years now. Even Dwight Clark and Carmen Policy cobbled together some decent things on the DL at certain points. OL seems impossible.

 

[GregR_2]

teams seem to be able to turn their O-line around in just a few years.

I dunno. The Browns' OL has been trash for 20 years now. Even Dwight Clark and Carmen Policy cobbled together some decent things on the DL at certain points. OL seems impossible.

The Chargers O-line when Tomlinson was a rookie was horrible, 2 years later they are one of the better in the league. The Pats line went from bad to good in the course of a season. The Giants had one of the worst O-lines one year and the next had one of the better ones. The 49ers two years ago were absolutely pathetic on the O-line and now they have a RB putting up 120+ yards on a regular basis.I guess I think it's easier to find O-linemen out there and get them to gel than it is to put together, say, the Bears or the Panthers or the Jags D-line.