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Originally Posted by TJ Eckleburg12
Something that's bugged me for a while,
Could someone smarter than me please explain the difference between 1-, 3-, 5-, and 9- technique defensive tackles?
I know for some weird reason that they're all odd numbers, but that's about it.
It's about where they line up. 1 tech is directly over the center, 2 tech is in between the center and guard, 3 tech is over a guard, and so on. Where you line up determines your gap responsibility and any odd number means you have two gaps to cover while even techs are lined up in a gap and are only responsible for that single gap.