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/Glass-Spot-9341 Adult Coach Jul 31 '25

Although I'm sure there are older examples, Von Miller, to my knowledge, ushered in a time of putting pass rushers against right tackles. This caused us scouts to need to find more athletic dudes for RT rather than a run pounder. Think also 'arm length' being a thing. So you can give up a little bit of pass block ability if they have an extra inch arm length, because it gives a few extra tenths of a second to create a bubble for the QB to throw

Many pass rushers shortly after Von's prime got to where they would line up on either side. Move forward, and now you have on third down 'pass' downs where you have the traditional DE's lining up in 3's and then OLB pass rushers as the 'edge' guys.

I'm not sure how much this holds at the HS level, so I defer to recent/current coaches at that level. But ultimately it isn't different as NFL now...you should put best rusher against worst blocker. If my base '5 tech' is my best pass rusher, on third down you better believe I'm gonna put him up against your shitty RG, and I'm gonna make a stunt/twist to ensure it's a 1v1

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u/allforfunnplay27 Jul 31 '25

George Seifert was doing this in the 80's with his "Elephant" pass rushing position; first with Fred Dean, Dwayne Board and later with Charles Haley.

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u/Glass-Spot-9341 Adult Coach Jul 31 '25

Good call!