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Originally Posted by amazing80
This has been and always will be the problem with the zbs, in no world will smaller olinmen be able to handle massive nt's, hasn't worked since the 90s. The system is to get guys moving side to side along the line and then bursting through an opening, but when you try to run it up the gut, in short yardage situations or near the goal line (within the 5) we struggle, we get no push. Unless we keep getting 330 pound linemen who are nimble on their feet, we will continue to struggle vs mammoth nose tackles.
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I think you're overstating this a little bit.
From what I've read for a few years now, actually the trend of Olinemen has been on the reversal.
An NFL Olineman averages around 310 nowadays, with the college guys just over 302.
The Ravens, for example (according to ProFootball Reference) had 3 guys at 309, 307, and 300.
They didn't have any problem against the Pats.