Offensive vs Defensive linemen

[Cotton1]

I’ll take a stud offensive left tackle for my right handed quarterback any day.

Sorry. I don't play left tackle

[Omar]

It’s my view that the offensive lineman is the most unappreciated position, but the effectiveness of an offense depends on them. Even if they have a Hall of Fame QB

I've always thought that the game was won in the trenches.

[donttread]

The way people view offensive linemen vs defensive linemen is strange.


A team generally has somewhere around 60 offensive plays a game. An offensive lineman can absolutely manhandle a defensive lineman for 58 of those plays, but the DL is raved about for the two plays he sacks a QB or stops a running play for a loss.

All of a sudden the 58 plays he got his ass handed to him didn’t happen.

Probaby some of the least well paid positions to boot