Enough of One Tech, Three Tech, Give Me Two Great DT's!

[ErikWilliamsHeadSlap]

We collectively suck at rush defense. And it's contagious.

 

[kskboys]

Kansas City’s roster lists Chris jones at 310 and their heaviest DT at 316.

KC had a prototypical NT in NNadi. Weight isn't the issue. It's about build and the ability to both anchor the middle and move side to side.

NNadi is 317, BTW. KC just signed Mike Pennell at 330.

 

[kskboys]

My approach with DT was do I make my offensive line a strength or do I take the DT that may or may not have an immediate impact?

And we're not going to make a super bowl w/o those DT's.

 

[Whirlwin]

Right, all of this 1 tech, 3 tech, gap A, gap B crap. Just line up and play.

Flex

 

[Havic]

The entire league is starved for great DT's

 

[CowboysLakerBamaFan]

Back in the glory days of yesteryear, we had Jethro Pugh, 6'7" at LDT, Bob Lilly 6"5" at RDT, both great against the run and as pass-rushers. When Lilly retired, we eventually had Randy White 6'4"at RDT and Jethro Pugh at LDT, then John Dutton, 6'7" at LDT.

The 1992 championship team had Russel Maryland 6'1" at RDT and Tony Casillas 6'3" at LDT. Later on Leon Lett became a starting RDT, with Chad Hennings at LDT for the 95 championship team. Both of these latter two guys were 6'6" and had no gut, they were not fatties.

I want playmakers at DT. Guys who control the line of scrimmage, disrupt running plays, get into the backfield, block the QB views, get sacks. I want playmaking defensive tackles, period.

DT's out there: In Dallas, you must dominate at the point of attack. Make plays, stop being invisible.

Why are you listing the heights of every DT we've ever had?

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Back in the glory days of yesteryear, we had Jethro Pugh, 6'7" at LDT, Bob Lilly 6"5" at RDT, both great against the run and as pass-rushers. When Lilly retired, we eventually had Randy White 6'4"at RDT and Jethro Pugh at LDT, then John Dutton, 6'7" at LDT.

The 1992 championship team had Russel Maryland 6'1" at RDT and Tony Casillas 6'3" at LDT. Later on Leon Lett became a starting RDT, with Chad Hennings at LDT for the 95 championship team. Both of these latter two guys were 6'6" and had no gut, they were not fatties.

I want playmakers at DT. Guys who control the line of scrimmage, disrupt running plays, get into the backfield, block the QB views, get sacks. I want playmaking defensive tackles, period.

DT's out there: In Dallas, you must dominate at the point of attack. Make plays, stop being invisible.

just see Philly. that's exactly what they did.

 

[buybuydandavis]

If settle for 1 great or good DT.

Osi is good as a pass rush DT.
We need some run stopping.

 

[speedkilz88]

Post of the morning

For those who don't understand what they mean.

 

[Coogiguy03]

For those who don't understand what they mean.

Oh

 

[Gambit]

Back in the glory days of yesteryear, we had Jethro Pugh, 6'7" at LDT, Bob Lilly 6"5" at RDT, both great against the run and as pass-rushers. When Lilly retired, we eventually had Randy White 6'4"at RDT and Jethro Pugh at LDT, then John Dutton, 6'7" at LDT.

The 1992 championship team had Russel Maryland 6'1" at RDT and Tony Casillas 6'3" at LDT. Later on Leon Lett became a starting RDT, with Chad Hennings at LDT for the 95 championship team. Both of these latter two guys were 6'6" and had no gut, they were not fatties.

I want playmakers at DT. Guys who control the line of scrimmage, disrupt running plays, get into the backfield, block the QB views, get sacks. I want playmaking defensive tackles, period.

DT's out there: In Dallas, you must dominate at the point of attack. Make plays, stop being invisible.

Now, ask when and why this shift in terminology and roles of each. Then you will begin to have the answer

 

[conner01]

If settle for 1 great or good DT.

That’s realistic. Two is very rare. If you get lucky you could hit on 2 in the draft, if there’s even 2 in a draft. But then it’s just a few years. They get very expensive

 

[gimmesix]

Back in the glory days of yesteryear, we had Jethro Pugh, 6'7" at LDT, Bob Lilly 6"5" at RDT, both great against the run and as pass-rushers. When Lilly retired, we eventually had Randy White 6'4"at RDT and Jethro Pugh at LDT, then John Dutton, 6'7" at LDT.

The 1992 championship team had Russel Maryland 6'1" at RDT and Tony Casillas 6'3" at LDT. Later on Leon Lett became a starting RDT, with Chad Hennings at LDT for the 95 championship team. Both of these latter two guys were 6'6" and had no gut, they were not fatties.

I want playmakers at DT. Guys who control the line of scrimmage, disrupt running plays, get into the backfield, block the QB views, get sacks. I want playmaking defensive tackles, period.

DT's out there: In Dallas, you must dominate at the point of attack. Make plays, stop being invisible.

You'll get a 5-tech and you'll like it, mister!

 

[kskboys]

The entire league is starved for great DT's

Absolutely. And faced w/ a great DT draft, we abstained. How stupid is that.

 

[kskboys]

For those who don't understand what they mean.

Right?

 

[StarOfGlory]

Doesn't work that way. Several teams have tried starting two 3 techs at DT, and it just doesn't work out. It is quite amusing, sthough, seeing people screaming "Just throw them out there, position doesn't matter!!!". It not only matters, it matters a ton. Why? Because a solid 3 tech who can move side to side to fill the gap in the middle and hold his ground and collapse the pocket affects the entire D in a huge way. Makes the 3 tech beside him that much better. Two slashers at DT leaves gaping holes in the middle, and makes it that much easier for an O to run a play that negates the guys slashing in and run right by them.

The bolded part might interest you. The last team to pull this off with high success is probably Philly during their Super Bowl year of 2017. That defense was 4th out of 32 in points allowed. But this comes with two interesting caveats.

First, Philly had a legitimate eight-man D-line rotation with a nice mix of vets and younger players. But just as important is the second point: they had a legit stud inside creating havoc. Fletcher Cox was in the midst of his six consecutive PB run, with one 1st team AP and three 2nd team AP awards.

And here is where the front office failed us in 2014, 2016, and 2018. Fletcher Cox was sitting there waiting for us to pick in the 2012 draft, but instead we took Mo Clairbourne. You think maybe one of those years would have been different if we have Cox in his prime lining up for us at DT?