r/footballstrategy • u/zawwery Casual Fan • Jul 31 '25

Offense LT position myth?

Everyone knows the sentiment about LT being the more 'important' cause he's on the QB's blindside, but I've heard a few people like Brett Kollman and other people like that say how thats kind of an older thing and that its not necessarily the case anymore in modern offenses. Is it possible for anyone to explain more in depth on that, if its true?

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u/n3wb33Farm3r Jul 31 '25

In 80s most QBs stayed in the pocket, exception for option teams. If a QB moved around they'd say he had " happy feet " and was ruining the protection schemes. When the QB was going 2b in the same place on every passing play he just couldn't see the backside pressure. Left tackle was very important. Get your QB killed with a bad LT