FOOTBALL FOR DUMMIES

I promised you ladies that this website would not only be fun and games for those who already know about football but would also be educational for those women who are just learning. Every Thursday I will hold a "football for dummies" session. And each week will be a different topic. This week's topic is:

Defensive Linemen

The defensive line are the men on the team that does not have the ball that are up in the front and their main goal is to let no one get by them. There are 3 main D-line positions... nose tackle, defensive tackle, and defensive end.

• nose tackle is the guy who is dead center on the line of scrimmage (the line where the ball is when the play starts). This guy is extremely important but gets no recognition because he never gets any sacks or tackles. So basically it is all work and no play. Oh and most of the time they are large and in charge... aka fattest men alive!! (Apparently NFL and College football teams do not use nose tackles anymore, instead they mostly just have a 4 man line that consists of 2 d-tackles and 2 d-ends.)
• defensive tackles are the guys who stand in between the grunt man mentioned above and the defense end mentioned below. They are smaller in size then the nose tackle but at 290lbs I sure as hell wouldnt want to be on the bottom in that relationship.
• defensive ends are the guys (across from the offensive guards) who are on the end. Hence the name, defense END. Their job is to flail their arms around and run as fast as they can towards the QB. The key here is to basically scare the QB out of the pocket and make him throw on the run therefore screwing up his aim.

One last thing about the d-line. They do not need to be fast, but they DO need to be quick. In other words, they are not in a hurry to get down the field they just simply need to have cat like reflexes so that they change their direction depending on the play.

Class Dismissed!